The Northerners

The Northerners is a cycle of film essays with a focus on northern individualism Each one of the three parts plays out in different places around the Kola Peninsula over one day The story revolves around the everyday life of three people who share no formal ties Igor who belongs to a dynasty of pilots is a polar aviation squad commander Vasily is a tug master at Murmansks commercial port Volodya is a woodcutter leader of a logging guild Like most of those living in the north of Russia they came here for work and though they werent initially planning on staying they ended up staying forever