Niche

A docudrama about the life and work of a prominent Soviet and Moldovan writer Ion Druță. In five short stories, both famous and emerging cultural figures from different countries, along with his fellow villagers and admirers, reminisce about the author. The film portrays the life and traditions of the Moldavian village where he grew up, as well as the last years of his life and fame, spent in Moscow.

15 August 1990. Viktor Tsoy, the Soviet Union’s most famous rock star, leader of the band Kino, a symbol of freedom and change, dies in an accident on a Latvian highway. The bus driver who was involved in the tragic accident will bring his body back to Leningrad. A party of mourners – Tsoy’s wife and her new boyfriend, his mistress, his producer, his young son and an obsessed photographer – are part of the trip back. This is going to be a long trip, the perfect occasion for an agonizing unravelling of love, jealousy, ambition, and greed.

Yura is on the trail of his young wife’s lover. But how does a simple hunter catch someone who leaves no trace on the ground?

January 7. A long journey along the railroad tracks to the electric train. The walking hero must decide whether to return to his distant homeland or stay in the capital.

Five directors pass their unfinished films in a circle, seeing only the last three seconds. This experimental anthology captures the surprising results and the filmmakers' first reactions in a video call that becomes part of the movie.