Boris Liznyov

The material for the film was a unique photograph of the Kexholm regiment, taken in 1903. A photographic plate 65 by 110 cm (more than 1000 people in the frame) made it possible to clearly reproduce both entire groups and individual faces of soldiers. All filmed in one shot. The counterpoint to the image is fragments of letters and memoirs of soldiers and officers of the pre-revolutionary army. At all times, for the Russian soldier, the main principles were love for the Motherland, loyalty to the oath, and sacrifice.

Victor comes to the village to erect a monument to his grandfather. Not finding the required photograph in the house, he turns to the village “collector” for help. The film is about the hero's senseless attempt to find peace of mind in the place where he spent his childhood. The background against which the action unfolds is a devastated Russian village with abandoned houses, uncultivated arable land, and a looted temple. Will life return here again?

The material for the film was a unique photograph of the Kexholm regiment, taken in 1903. A photographic plate 65 by 110 cm (more than 1000 people in the frame) made it possible to clearly reproduce both entire groups and individual faces of soldiers. All filmed in one shot. The counterpoint to the image is fragments of letters and memoirs of soldiers and officers of the pre-revolutionary army. At all times, for the Russian soldier, the main principles were love for the Motherland, loyalty to the oath, and sacrifice.

The material for the film was a unique photograph of the Kexholm regiment, taken in 1903. A photographic plate 65 by 110 cm (more than 1000 people in the frame) made it possible to clearly reproduce both entire groups and individual faces of soldiers. All filmed in one shot. The counterpoint to the image is fragments of letters and memoirs of soldiers and officers of the pre-revolutionary army. At all times, for the Russian soldier, the main principles were love for the Motherland, loyalty to the oath, and sacrifice.

Victor comes to the village to erect a monument to his grandfather. Not finding the required photograph in the house, he turns to the village “collector” for help. The film is about the hero's senseless attempt to find peace of mind in the place where he spent his childhood. The background against which the action unfolds is a devastated Russian village with abandoned houses, uncultivated arable land, and a looted temple. Will life return here again?

Victor comes to the village to erect a monument to his grandfather. Not finding the required photograph in the house, he turns to the village “collector” for help. The film is about the hero's senseless attempt to find peace of mind in the place where he spent his childhood. The background against which the action unfolds is a devastated Russian village with abandoned houses, uncultivated arable land, and a looted temple. Will life return here again?