chaika

This Basque production depicts three people on a quest: It leads us to the natural extremes of the former Soviet Union, from the frosty expanses of Siberia to the deserts of Kazakhstan. In Vladivostok a sailor provides refuge to a pregnant prostitute and introduces her to his family. The domineering mother and unattached brother loathe the uninvited guest from the South however, the prelude to a drama played out to a desolate winter landscape. Years later a young man scans the dusty deserts of Kazakhstan for memories of his mother and encounters what remains of a family.