Call Me from Afar () is a 1977 Soviet romantic drama film directed by German Lavrov and Stanislav Lyubshin.
In a small Russian town on the outskirts, in a tidy three-room house, lives a woman named Agrippina Ignatievna Veselova, known simply as Grusha. She is 34 years old, with a twelve-year-old son, Vitka, and a brother, Nikolai Ignatievich, who works as the chief accountant at a local state farm. Her husband had left her three years earlier, saying that family life interfered with his drinking.
GrushaâÂÂs brother, wanting to see her married again, introduces her to an old friend who seems to have overcome his struggles with alcohol and now appears to be a steady and reliable man. However, Grusha feels nothing for himâÂÂshe finds him dull and uninspiring. When the matchmaking fails, she explains simply, âÂÂMy heartâÂÂs just not in it.âÂÂ