Farewell is a 1983 Soviet drama film based on Valentin Rasputin's novel Farewell to Matyora and directed by Larisa Shepitko and Elem Klimov. It was Shepitko's last film. She died during filming in 1979 and her husband Elem replaced her as director.

Plot

The village of Matyora, located on a small island of the same name, faces imminent flooding due to the construction of a hydroelectric dam. The villagers have long been informed of their relocation to a new settlement, but the elderly residents hold out, reluctant to leave their ancestral home. The task of overseeing the move is given to Pavel Pinigine, a longtime resident who finds the duty painful, while his supervisor, Vorontsov, sees the project as a necessary sacrifice for the greater good: the construction of a new hydroelectric dam and the towns that will develop around it.