This story began almost 200 years ago in Italy, where one of the members of the famous Demidov dynasty bought the tiny principality of San Donato… Today this resonant name belongs to a small railway station on the outskirts of Nizhny Tagil.
This is a documentary essay about both the history and the present day of our country.
Grand Prix of the Russian festival «TeleProfy» (Saratov, 2007) and the main prize in the «Best Director» nomination at the same festival.
Selected for the competition programme of the international festival in Amsterdam (IDFA, 2005).