Ekaterina Andreeva

Nikita lives alone on a summer cottage near a forest. Spending almost all his time there, he builds a special relationship with nature. But the whole idyll is disrupted when Nikita’s father decides to change his ascetic lifestyle and sell the plot.

It is 1956. Dau is a distinguished Soviet scientist who meets up with the love of his youth – Maria, a Greek actress – during her three day visit to Moscow. They haven’t seen each other for 25 years. Dau is a successful and prosperous scientist, but feels excruciatingly dissatisfied with his family life. Through Maria he hopes to regain lost harmony and beauty, but reality intrudes when Nora, Dau’s wife, returns home.

Nikita lives alone on a summer cottage near a forest. Spending almost all his time there, he builds a special relationship with nature. But the whole idyll is disrupted when Nikita’s father decides to change his ascetic lifestyle and sell the plot.