Cast

Igor Sergeev Yuriy Tsurilo Yuliya Aug Viktor Sukhorukov Vyacheslav Melekhov Larisa Domaskina

Credits

Written by: Denis Osokin

Plot

Two Merya men from the Volga region take their dead friend's wife to a river for a traditional funeral, in a quiet, poetic film about a vanishing culture.

Sinekatalog’s take

A beautiful, quiet and poetic film.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 6.6 / 10 (2,566 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.

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