Elizaveta Meledina

The Russian North. A place of ancient forces, traditions and ceremonies. Here the song continuously accompanies man throughout life: from mortal lullaby-illusions and recruitment refrains to wedding motifs and funeral laments, helping to live through pain, to share pleasure and to comprehend life.

The film crew of the TV program “Earth and Sky” arrives in the village of Nizhny Arkhyz, home to an astrophysical observatory, to prepare a report on a scientific conference. Their work is complicated by conflicts within the team, the host’s inexperience, and the fact that the events unexpectedly take on personal significance for him, shifting the focus of the shoot.