Heart's boomerang

SnowySaintPetersburg.Ayoungmanwithanincurableheartdisease.Undergroundtrainswherehespendsmostofhistimeworkingasasubwaymachinist.NikolayKhomerikisubtlyportraysmelancholiaandmakesyoufeelhowtimeandlifeslowlypassaway.Insightfulanddisturbingtripintoone'spastandindefinitefuture.Shotinbeautifulblack-and-white.<br/>　　Intheopeningscene,Kostya(23)isconfrontedwithbadnews:thedoctortellshimthatheissufferingfromincurableheartdisease.Intheory,hecoulddropdeadatanymoment.Kostyathenproceedstosharethenewswithnoone.Notevenwithhismother,whoseemssoclose.Notwiththecolleagueheshareshismetrojourneywitheveryday.Andnotwithhisgirlfriend,withwhomhehasadifficultrelationship.<br/>　　WhatisKostyareallygoingthrough?Ishetryingtocometotermswithhistickingtimebomb?Ishereflectingontheradicallychangedmeaningofhislife?<br/>　　RussiandirectorNikolayKhomerikibuildsupthemysteryaroundKostya'spsychologicalstatesubtlyandpatiently.Thepicturesqueblack-and-whitephotographyofStPetersburginwinterisbyShandorBerkeshi(Koktebel),whosecameraremainsatadistanceandhencegivestheviewerplentyofspacetopenetrateKostya'ssoul.