«THE ART OF LIVING IN RUSSIA»
If a foreigner suddenly wants something Russian, take him to Tula. To Tula - an old Russian city. Here he’ll treat himself with pryaniks (gingerbread), buy a samovar (tea-urn), and hear about Tolstoy – a writer who cut hay together with peasants and made lapti (bast shoes) by himself. The visitor will marvel at the mysterious Russian soul and leave homeward, while the Russian soul will stay put, for it lives here. Here is its home...
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«RYBINSK PORTRAITS»
Rybinsk... A tiny town on the Volga river.
This film presents a live gallery of Russian
provincial portraits.
The old and conservative museum workers
and their young director, keen on computers...
Former dwellers of Mologa, a town submerged
60 years ago, still mourn over their home...
A nunnery has become a jail, where prisoners paint icons.
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