Froth

From the Barents Sea a chill wind seems to blow constantly across a semideserted town at the edge of the world Nevertheless a little community holds out here In a flawlessly filmed portrait of this extraordinary place the theme linking the residents is their determination to chart their own course Bardak was a marine but his garrison broke up and his comrades sought a better life elsewhere He stayed behind among the many empty buildings that are slowly but surely being consumed by the elements Meanwhile Dima a young poacher flouts as many rules as he can but gives friendly directions to lost tourists and reads lovingly to his little daughter Ferryman Alexander is locked in a silent generational battle with his teenage daughter Masha her eyes are on the outside world Further along a little team of ships from the Second World War turns up and a woman steadfastly runs a weather station