Overview
Miron Alekseevich, director of a paper and pulp mill, goes to bury his wife Tanya in the place where they once spent their honeymoon. He goes not alone, but with a photographer named Stork, to whom he tells touching details of his life with Tanya. The narrative weaves together the memories of the characters, as well as the rituals and beliefs of the Meri people, a small Finnish tribe that once lived in the Northern Volga region and dissolved among the Russians.
Cast
Tanya
Aist
Vesa
Miron
Bird Seller
Aist's Mother
Young Aist
Rimma
Yuliya
Inspector
Shop Assistant
Shop Assistant