Anastasia Gorokhova

In Northern Russia, a few dozen people still live in their traditional houses surrounded by water, stone, and sand. Cut off from vital infrastructure, almost forgotten by regional governance, these people have to cope with their everyday struggles.

The stargazer Mark (35) lives with his wheelchair-bound mother (65) in a Berlin DDR-looking apartment. His life is monotonous and aimless until one day Mark escapes this monotony of his everyday life.