The Way / Путь

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2019 | Documentary | 51 min. | France, Russia | 12+

The Trans-Siberian Railway, boundless Russia … Two friends set off to find answers to simple and complicated questions talking to different people. They stay overnight with strangers and their families, visit monasteries, strike up conversations with fellow travelers on the train. What makes Russia tick? What are the main concerns of common people? How do dwellers of this huge country perceive its past and present? What or who will save Russia? What is the secret of the Russian soul? If you follow your heart and trust your hunches, you won't doubt the answer... It's a long way from Moscow to Russky Island... Will you ever hit a boundary?

Directors: Olesya Shigina and Veronica Ponomareva

Producer: Viktor Shigin