FROTH

A tiny village at the Barents Sea. Most of the housing blocks are vacant and decomposing in the driving rain. Nevertheless, a few lone wolves choose to stick it out here. Bardak served in the navy. After his unit disbanded and his comrades went off to seek their fortunes elsewhere, he stayed behind amidst empty buildings. His friend Dima, a poacher, has made a sport out of breaking the rules, but has an affectionate relationship with his little daughter. Ferryman Aleksander is mired in a silent generational struggle with his own daughter Masha, who dreams of another life out in the wider world. The men spend most of their time on the water, or next to it – nature rules everything here. It takes a certain resilience to survive. The settlement even has a little working weather station still. But who is it for exactly? With FROTH, director Ilya Povolotsky has succeeded in creating a sensitive and stylistically sure-handed debut.