White Dew (film)

White Dew (Russian: Белые росы, romanized: Belye rosy) is a 1983 Soviet romantic comedy-drama film directed by Igor Dobrolyubov.

A respected man in the village — an 80-year-old veteran of labor and three wars, Fedor (Fedos) Filimonovich Khodas (Vsevolod Sanaev) is worried about the fate of his three sons.

The news that Vaska is going to divorce and leave the house to his daughter, coupled with a reminder of the childlessness of Andrei's wife, finally quarrels with his brother and father.

Timofey, a neighbor, undertakes to cure the radicular pain that has worsened in Fedos with a brick heated in a decoction of herbs.

In order to speed up the divorce and give credibility in court, Vaska agrees to lie — asks Marousia to say that he drinks, does not come home and does not look after his daughter.

To make it more convincing, he leaves Marusya to wait for him in court, goes to the store for a drink, but, returning, intercepts a baby carriage rushing to the intersection.

The stroller falls, empty bottles spill out of it instead of the child, and the person who was taking them to hand them over begins to make a row.

Under the pretext of drinking beer from a barrel, Vaska persuades Andrey to switch places with him for half an hour and rushes home to see his daughter.

To check if the tincture is poisonous, the neighbor moistens a piece of bread and throws it to the yard dog Jack.

The old men are drinking, talking about a new life in the city, at this time Timofey's mother-in-law comes with the news that the Jack has died.

The night spent in the cell and the dream he saw change Andrei's worldview — he is ready to leave his wife and offers Vaska to go for a drink with him.

Fedos was waiting for such a turn and continues to develop his plan — the apartment on the floor above was received by the postman Verka (Natalya Khorokhorina), Sasha's classmate.

After Sasha's wedding, at the dawn of a new day, old Fedos thanks the sun for his life and asks for light and warmth for the children.