Credits
| Director | Orkhan Abulov |
| Scriptwriter | Orkhan Abulov |
| Scriptwriter | Elena Butenko-Raykina |
| Scriptwriter | Artem Sudbin |
| Producer | Elena Butenko-Raykina |
| Cinematographer / DP | Roman Ruktansky |
| Cinematographer / DP | Alexey Trusevich |
| Art director | Margarita Khusnutdinova |
| Art director | Alexander Orekhov |
| Composer | Maria Lineva |
| Editor | Orkhan Abulov |
| Editor | Dmitry Nikolaev |
| Editor | Benjamine Horn |
| Sound Designer | Daniil Tulchinsky |
| Sound Designer | Julia Shirokova |
cast
| Maria Lapshina | |
| Olga Lapshina | |
| Daniil Pugaev |
Orkhan Abulov
Director08/31/1992
Biography
Orkhan Abulov was born in 1992, in Moscow. Studied in Moscow international film school. Twice laureate of the “Artistic word of Russia” Contest. Graduated from Moscow theatre school. Performs in the plays of Russian state theatre “Satyricon”. Participated in master-classes of Roma Film Academy rector, Adriano De Santis. Starred in Russian films “Legends about Krug”, “Paupers”, “Trotsky”, “Vertinsky”, “Syrian sonata”. Since 2016, adopted a role of a film director.
Filmography
“Totu” (2016) 20 min., fiction “About Snowflakes and Metal” (2018) 25 min., doc. Clip Bulevard Depo «No Flag!» (2019) 9 min.
Directors Statement
Topic of this film appealed to me, because it’s about each and every one of us, about something we oft forget – that every human bears a longing for something grand, divine. At the very beginning of the journey we already knew, that for such a nestled, precious story, we have to hit the bullseye with the heroes and the time period, and we realized that it hinges on two aspects: actors (She- fragile, young, other, and He- noble, courageous, a knight); and location: elevated, almost make-believe. We searched for half a year. We were astonished with how this story would hook everyone in, because it touched everyone, and it was surprising that everyone wanted to bring it to life! It was giving us inspiration and pushing us forward. We were looking for a geologists’ station, and couldn’t find one, but found a climbers’ station instead – Ullu-Tau station in the Adyr-Su mountain gorge, which remained almost completely unchanged since its founding in 1937 We brought our props from Moscow to this wonderful place, where everyone welcomed us warmly and strived to help, with the exception of ever-shifting weather. We had to admit powerlessness and surrender to the whims of the weather, and when we’d done that, when we accepted nature, weather, fog, rain, cold, absence of communication or comfort, the nature accepted us too. And then, we could make ourselves believe that we’re doing something beautiful! We hope, we’ll make you believe that as well!
