This powerful and unique documentary by Alexander Sokurov--a man considered bymany to be Russia's finest living filmmaker--chronicles the lives of asoul-searching ship's captain and his young sailors as they sail the Arcticregion in a Russian naval ship. Narrated mostly by the captain, the film focuses on the daily duties associated with a ship based in the Arctic, but it is also an engrossing study in human solitude and the effects of isolation. A tremendously moving portrait of despair and its causes through imagery that's"both sensuous and confined (Chicago Reader). In Russian with English Alexander Sokurov---Russia---1998---210 mins."Directed by: Sokurov, AlexanderRunning time: 210Year: 1998Russian with English Subtitles
