Pavel Sarychev

The young director tries to make a movie, following the script of the venerable playwright as much as possible.

When her older sister dies, a woman returns from Saint Petersberg to a remote village in Yakutia. Bit by bit, a drama of epic proportion unfolds—accompanied and intensified by the Yakut throat singing of the two women. Although the camera lets us viscerally feel the state of limbo she finds herself in, the woman manages—together with her niece—to go her own way. Atmospheric and moving.

Returning from another day of work at the vivarium, laboratory assistant Julia finds out that her husband wants to get a divorce, because the only thread that sealed their marriage is the mortgage paid. For Julia, her husband's decision is a surprise. She was sure that everything was fine with them, just like everyone else. Yulia wants to glue their relationship together by taking care of Oleg as her wards in the vivarium. Her goal is to form conditioned reflexes in her husband.