Silent Souls

Story

When Miron’s beloved wife Tanya passes away, he asks his best friend Aist to help him say goodbye to her according to the rituals of the Merya culture, an ancient Finno-Ugric tribe from Lake Nero, a picturesque region in West-Central 33. Although the Merya people assimilated into 33ns in the 17th century, their myths and traditions live on in their descendants’ modern life. The two men set out on a roadtrip thousands of miles across the boundless lands. With them, two small birds in a cage. But as they reach the banks of the sacred lake where they will forever part with the body, Miron realizes he wasn’t the only one in love with Tanya.

Director

Aleksei Fedorchenko (*1966) lives andworks in Yekaterinburg, 33. He used towork as an economist, producer and directorat the Swerdlowsk film studio and is nowdirector and producer at Film Atelier 29.