A condensation of nearly two decades of filmmaking with the Nenəj nenəče. A cycle of life and death unfolds, one in which the harsh reality of this people – to whom Anastasia Lapsui also belongs – becomes palpable. What does it mean to live from reindeer herding as a nomad? And what does it mean when this existence gradually gives way to a notion of progress that is alien to the Nenets? The atmosphere is an elegiac one, loaded with spiritual implications. Words are rare – instead songs carry us through the austere images. A film about disappearance – not only that of the Nenəj nenəče.
A condensation of nearly two decades of filmmaking with the Nenəj nenəče. A cycle of life and death unfolds, one in which the harsh reality of this people – to whom Anastasia Lapsui also belongs – becomes palpable. What does it mean to live from reindeer herding as a nomad? And what does it mean when this existence gradually gives way to a notion of progress that is alien to the Nenets? The atmosphere is an elegiac one, loaded with spiritual implications. Words are rare – instead songs carry us through the austere images. A film about disappearance – not only that of the Nenəj nenəče.
