Nikita Dobrynin

During the Soviet-Afghan War, in the days when general secretary of the Communist Party Leonid Breznev, in a military hospital a young lieutenant wounded almost to death meets a young military nurse, tired almost to death. One meeting. One night. One candle. A short from Vladimir Koptsev, Alexander Sokurov’s pupil.

Andrei, a Russian nobleman, flesh and blood of the enlightened nineteenth century, volunteers to go to war to go through it together with the people. The fighting takes place in the middle of the merciless Russian winter. And the noble goal unexpectedly becomes the reason for a religious revelation. But does anyone in this world need it? The film is based on the story "Four Days" by Vsevolod Garshin.

Andrei, a Russian nobleman, flesh and blood of the enlightened nineteenth century, volunteers to go to war to go through it together with the people. The fighting takes place in the middle of the merciless Russian winter. And the noble goal unexpectedly becomes the reason for a religious revelation. But does anyone in this world need it? The film is based on the story "Four Days" by Vsevolod Garshin.

Andrei, a Russian nobleman, flesh and blood of the enlightened nineteenth century, volunteers to go to war to go through it together with the people. The fighting takes place in the middle of the merciless Russian winter. And the noble goal unexpectedly becomes the reason for a religious revelation. But does anyone in this world need it? The film is based on the story "Four Days" by Vsevolod Garshin.

This film tells about people whose hands create the main components of life on the planet every day. And it’s not just the material basis of our world made of metal, concrete or wood, but it’s also something that gives meaning to our lives, inspires and gives hope. The film’s characters — a locksmith and a fisherman, a steelworker and a farmer, a furniture maker and an anesthesiologist — are followed by the film’s Director, who suddenly turns from an observer into a creator.

Nordic naïveté of feelings in the heart of the Leningrad region.

Nordic naïveté of feelings in the heart of the Leningrad region.

What does an actor leave behind? That is the question that Alla Demidova asks herself, the audience, the eternity. She went and lived through the tragedies by Shakespeare, Electra, Phaedra, Medea. Where can one go henceforth? If only become a phantom, an image, something eternal, an enduring reflection of this world in the mirror. This film is a journey away from our reality to an imaginary universe, to reflections, images, phantoms. It starts with an exposition devoted to Alla Demidova at the St. Petersburg Museum of Theatre and Music Art. But it does not only document the space; thanks to Demidova's speech it turns into a retrospective of her work, the parts she played, an explication of her approach to acting.

What does an actor leave behind? That is the question that Alla Demidova asks herself, the audience, the eternity. She went and lived through the tragedies by Shakespeare, Electra, Phaedra, Medea. Where can one go henceforth? If only become a phantom, an image, something eternal, an enduring reflection of this world in the mirror. This film is a journey away from our reality to an imaginary universe, to reflections, images, phantoms. It starts with an exposition devoted to Alla Demidova at the St. Petersburg Museum of Theatre and Music Art. But it does not only document the space; thanks to Demidova's speech it turns into a retrospective of her work, the parts she played, an explication of her approach to acting.

What does an actor leave behind? That is the question that Alla Demidova asks herself, the audience, the eternity. She went and lived through the tragedies by Shakespeare, Electra, Phaedra, Medea. Where can one go henceforth? If only become a phantom, an image, something eternal, an enduring reflection of this world in the mirror. This film is a journey away from our reality to an imaginary universe, to reflections, images, phantoms. It starts with an exposition devoted to Alla Demidova at the St. Petersburg Museum of Theatre and Music Art. But it does not only document the space; thanks to Demidova's speech it turns into a retrospective of her work, the parts she played, an explication of her approach to acting.

The film was shot in the period from spring to winter 2021 in the vicinity of the village of Luzhitsy, which is located in the west of the Leningrad region. It was during this period that the natural and social landscape of these places began to change catastrophically due to the grandiose industrial development. The situation especially affects the Volga region, a small people with a thousand-year history who survived wars, revolutions and the Stalinist era.

Sasha is a bartender of one of the bars in Moscow. She designs and organizes the party herself. This night is dedicated to the 2000s and the MTV era.