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Russian-borndirectorAlekseyLapintravelsbacktohisrelatives’homevillageneartheUkrainianborder,wherehehimselfusedtospendeverysummer.Thefilmcrewintroducethemselvesataspeciallyorganizedmusicalevent,claimingthattheyhavecometocastahistoricalfilmthatistobesetinthevillage.Whatfollowsisacharming,semi-fictionaldocumentarybyandwiththevillagecommunity.<br/> Theproposedfilmprojectisjustapretext,that’sobviousfromthestart.Nonetheless,thevillagersarehappytotakepart.Inventivelyandwithsubtleirony,Lapinplayswiththeboundariesbetweendocumentaryandfiction.Thusobservedscenesunobtrusivelymergeintostagedones.Herecordsmarvellouslyabsurdities,forexampleatreebeingfelledandlaboriouslyputupsomewhereelseforthe“shoot”,orbroken-downcarsfuellingtherumoursofelectromagnetisminthearea.Thecinematographyinblackandwhiteisnotable,fullofreferencestoclassicRussianfilms,timelessandtimelyatthesametime.Lapin’sfeature-lengthdebutisnotonlyanaffectionatelocalportraitwithasensefortheabsurd,butalsoafilmaboutfilm:Inalongdialoguebytheriver,twoprotagoniststalkaboutcinemaasanartformandhowitischanging.