The starting point for this film was the life story of the Komi-Permyak scholar and writer Ignatiy Nikolaevich Moshegov (1880–1965). At the age of 40 he was forced to emigrate from Russia, and spent the remaining 45 years of his long life in Finland, which became his second homeland.
The film, however, is not only a biography of I. N. Moshegov. It is also a portrait of the fates of his family members who remained in Russia. In a certain sense, this picture is also about the historical path Russia walked through the 20th century, reflected in the history of the Moshegov family from the God-forsaken village of Durovo.
The film was shot in the Komi-Permyak Autonomous District, as well as in Yekaterinburg and Helsinki.
Prize «For Outstanding Documentary Work» at the 9th International Festival of Visual Anthropology in Pärnu (Estonia).
The Andris Slapinš Prize for Best Filmmaker — a representative of the small peoples of the world.