Kogda derevya byli bolshimi) is a 1961 Soviet romantic drama film directed by Lev Kulidzhanov.

After losing his wife during World War II Veteran Kuzma Kuzmich Iordanov does not work, drinks alcohol, makes his living by doing odd jobs.

He gets scared thinking she came to be paid for the broken washing machine, but it turns out, she only wanted to see if he was alright.

Natasha is reading an article (49:09) from a U.S. newspaper that describes a Freedom Riders demonstration where James Zwerg was thrown off the bus and his face was smashed against the hot concrete of the road.

He added, "Furthermore, the simple story line slides its course crabwise, wedged in between oblique, pretentious photography – some of it fetchingly pastoral – and splintered, meaningless vignettes.