Silent Souls

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.

Director: Alexey Fedorchenko

Cast

Yuliya Aug

Tanya

Igor Sergeev

Aist

Viktor Sukhorukov

Vesa

Yuriy Tsurilo

Miron

V

Vyacheslav Melekhov

Bird Seller

Y

Yulia Tushina

Aist's Mother

I

Ivan Tushin

Young Aist

L

Leisan Sitdikova

Rimma