MERYAN

A road movie, Fedorchenko follows two middle-aged men, Aist (Igor Sergeyev), a factory worker from the Meryan tribe, and his boss Miron (Yuri Tsurilo), who embark on a trip to cremate the latter's wife.

Replete with poignant, symbolic immaculately framed imagery supplemented with spoken poetry, Fedorchenko reenacts the Meryan burning rites in details, juxtaposing the cremation rituals with Miron's erotic memories of his wife and Atis' musings on his deceased father.