Film
State-owned road. (1988)
Annotation
... People in the darkened car clean of shell eggs, drink tea, sleep, are endless, random car conversations. The camera moves along the second-class compartments of the train car, the door swings open past the vestibule - train without a locomotive is rushing to who knows where...Reel №1
Evening.
People at the train station.
A reserved car.
An elderly woman is walking down the corridor.
An elderly man (synchronously) tells everyday stories.
There is a card game going on in one of the reserved compartments.
A man (synchronously) about his work on the collective farm.
People are resting on the shelves.
In another compartment, a man and a woman are eating.
A woman talks about her life.
The corridor of the reserved car.
Someone is sleeping in the car, someone is talking.
A woman takes a boiled egg out of a bag, eats it.
People's faces.
Social life
Reel №2
A semi-dark reserved car.
Hallway.
Night.
Moon.
Most of the passengers are already asleep.
Outside the train window is a chemical plant, smoking pipes.
In the semi-dark carriage, conversations about life continue.
An elderly woman in a headscarf looks out the window.
Morning.
The train passes by country villages.
The door of the first car opens.
The train rushes forward without a locomotive.
The stationmaster's room.
A woman comes into the room, sits down.
Seasons
WinterSocial life