When Miron's beloved wife Tanya passes away, he asks his best friend Aist to help him say goodbye to her according to the rituals of the Merya culture, an ancient Finno-Ugric tribe from Lake Nero, a picturesque region in West-Central Russia. Although the Merya people blended with the Russians in the 17th century, their myths and traditions live on in the modern life of their descendants. The two men set out on a road trip thousands of miles across the boundless landscape. With them are two sm...
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A man attempts to honor familial traditions as he deals with the death of his wife in this drama from director Aleksei Fedorchenko Aist (Igor Sergeyev) is a photographer and writer who lives and works in a small community on the outskirts of Kostroma a city in Central Russia Aist&39;s ancestors were the Merya an indigenous Finno-Ugric tribe whose ways and traditions were largely abandoned with the rise of the Soviet Union But Aist still remembers some of the key rituals of his forefathers and when his wife Tanya (Yuliya Aug) dies he wants her funeral to be in keeping with Merya traditions With the help of his close friend Miron (Yuri Tsurilo) Aist sets out to take Tanya&39;s body out to a spot near the Volga River which was of great spiritual importance to the Merya people and near where Aist and Tanya enjoyed their honeymoon When they reach their destination Aist will cremate Tanya in accordance with Merya rites and en route he shares with Miron many stores (some quite intimate) of their lives together as man and wife
Russian drama based on a novel by by Aist Sergeyev. Yuri Tsurilo stars as the newly-widowed Miron, who asks his friend, Aist (Igor Sergeyev), to accompany him in saying goodbye to his deceased wife, Tanya (Yuliya Aug), according to the rituals of the ancient Merja tribe, of which both men are descendants. The two set out on a road trip over thousands of miles of deserted roads, heading for the town where Miron and Tanya once had their honeymoon. Along the way, according to the custom of the Merjas, Miron shares intimate memories of his conjugal life. But as they reach the banks of the sacred lake to say their final farewell, Miron begins to suspect that he was not the only one in love with Tanya.
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