The film shows a young woman visiting a nomadic Tofalar tribe in the Sayan Mountains. There is no dialogue throughout the film. —Wikipedia
Šarūnas BARTAS (1964-) – Lithuanian film director, one of the most outstanding representatives of cinematographers. His contacts with cinema began in 1985 with the TV serial “Sixteen-years-olds” (dir. Raimondas Banionis), where Bartas played one of the main roles. He is a graduate of the Moscow Film School (VGIK). He made his directorial debut with his diploma film, the short documentary “Tofolaria” and mediocre-length film (which called spectators’ attention) “For the Remembrance of Last Day” (1989), where the real personages are “acting themselves” according to the principles of feature film. The author further “purified” the specific cinema language in the full-length film “Three Days” (1991), which was awarded the prize of oicumene committee at Berlin Film Festival (for the problems, the importance of the theme, the profundity) in 1992, and FIPRESCI Prize for the originality of the style, the significance of the theme, the beauty of pictures. This is a story (almost without plot… read more
Yekaterina gives a solid performance. It’s sad that even people from a close-to-nature tribe still can’t escape from their wicked desire. Such a brutal inference, I think.
Stunning, vast landscapes. No dialogue; merely an exchange of glances. Nothing is spoilt. Everything filled with purity, an honesty, and an immense sense of loneliness.
Yekaterina Golubeva's ability to convey deep emotion, in the absence of dialogue, is truly astounding. A beautifully shot, melancholic portrait of a very remote village and its few inhabitants.