Film
The threshold. (1989)
Annotation
Film impression of the authors of the film received from the meeting with people who live in the villages along the railroad branch in the Novgorod region. Trains on this road don't go. Only once a week carry on her bread.Reel №1
In the distance, people put hay in a stack, a train passes by.
Landscape, the village is visible in the distance.
Room.
A man approaches the train schedule.
Close-up: the face of a man.
The alarm clock is on the table.
The man lights a cigarette.
Electric light bulb on the windowsill.
A woman stands in the entrance to the ruined temple.
An old trolley covered in snow.
Locations
Novgorod region
Seasons
WinterRussian cities and regions Towns and countries; Geography and Nature
Reel №2
A twig sticking out of the snow.
Panorama of a lonely car.
The empty interior of the train car.
A swaying haystack.
Panorama of a wooden fence.
A man is standing at the fence with his eyes closed.
The man opens his eyes, looks at the camera.
A woman wrapped in a shawl.
Drawings:The sea coast with sailboats, a lighthouse and islands .
Rural landscape:grazing cows, a stork on the roof, a rural house, a shepherd with a flock of sheep (drawings).
Locations
Novgorod region
Seasons
WinterRussian cities and regions Towns and countries; Geography and Nature
Reel №3
Early morning: the interior of the room, a woman gets out of bed.
Alarm.
The train schedule is framed on the wall.
A light bulb on the windowsill, a photo of a woman on the wall.
The girl draws on the fogged glass, then erases the drawing.
The interior of the same room in the evening.
A drawing on the wall, fragments of which were earlier.
Clockwork mechanism.
Close-up of the clock hands.
A lonely tree on a rock.
A burning tree.
Russian cities and regions Towns and countries; Geography and Nature
Reel №4
The interior of the room.
Winter landscape.
The girl is standing on the street.
Flowers growing in a hollow tree.
Panorama of the tree trunk.
A stream littered with rocks.
Locations
Novgorod region
Russian cities and regions Towns and countries; Geography and Nature