The focus of this movie is on a retired major, a hero of the Soviet Union and an ethnic Yakut. He ha...
The focus of this movie is on a retired major, a hero of the Soviet Union and an ethnic Yakut. He has to take work in a stokehold, and he spends his free time working on a story on his typewriter. Outside, it is the feverish 1990s, the era of tempestuous changes in Russian society. The ubiquitous presence of organized crime even extends to his workplace, which gangsters use to incinerate corpses. "This was a very important time for Russia, an eventful one during which a new systemwas emerging," says Sergey Selyanov, the producer. "For a long time our society was frightened to discuss this period, but we are now able to think about it and perceive it without personal prejudices. From the moviemaker's perspective, it was like the Wild West, a source of moviemaking energy."
Awards: Special Jury prize Window to Europe Film Festival, Vyborg, Russia, 2010 Guild of Historians of Cinema and Film Critics Prize Window to Europe Film Festival, Vyborg, Russia, 2010
