The read
It runs a compact 1h 17m.
Synopsis
Miron Alekseevich, director of a paper and pulp mill, goes to bury his wife Tanya in the place where they once spent their honeymoon. He goes not alone, but with a photographer named Stork, to whom he tells touching details of his life with Tanya. The narrative weaves together the memories of the characters, as well as the rituals and beliefs of the Meri people, a small Finnish tribe that once lived in the Northern Volga region and dissolved among the Russians.
Ratings
IMDb6.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes96%
Metacritic76/100
70 audience votes
Key crew
- Aleksey FedorchenkoDirector
- Denis OsokinWriter
- Andrey KarasyovOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Yuliya AugTanya
- Igor SergeevAist
- Viktor SukhorukovVesa
- Yuriy TsuriloMiron
- Vyacheslav MelekhovBird Seller
- Yulia TushinaAist's Mother
- Ivan TushinYoung Aist
- Leisan SitdikovaRimma
- Olga DobrinaYuliya
- Sergey YarmolyukInspector
- Olga GilevaShop Assistant
- Artyom KhabibulinShop Assistant
Stills
Themes
riverdead bodychubby womantypewriterancient culturelove for wife