Could One Imagine? (1981): Cast & Plot

High school student Katya Shevchenko Tatyana Aksyuta moves to a new district and quickly befriends classmate Roman Lavochkin Nikita Mikhajlovsky at their school. What starts as a simple friendship blossoms into a sincere and enduring romance, a connection that seems to catch the adults around them off guard. Roman’s father, Konstantin [Albert Filozov], once carried a quiet affection for Katya’s mother Lyudmila [Irina Miroshnichenko], who chose to reject him, a history that shadows the present relationship. Roman’s mother Vera [Lidiya Fedoseyeva-Shukshina], consumed by jealousy toward Katya’s family, outwardly resents Katya and her daughter, and she is determined to keep the teenagers apart by force.