Room 1 - longing
impression of young boys at an academy in the north of Russia. Many abandoned by alcoholic parents, or fathers and mothers who fought in Chechny. Strict Russian routine. Judgements against the "Chechnyan terrorists"
Room 2 - breathing
Grozny, Chechny. Everything is black and white from now on. Children, no older than 5 or 7 years old, are taken away from their sick mother by a woman trying to rescue them. A broken city with Russian soldiers in Russian tanks.
Room 3 - remembering
Chechnyan orphans, watching the same documentary about Chechnyan terrorists who tried to blow up a building. A muslim ritual. Tears of a 19 year old girl and a 12 or 14 year old boy.
It is not a story, but an impression. As such, the three rooms seem random but true. Children of both sides watching the same news item chills the heart.
If there's anything this film does, it is sadness. Mankind is rude, cold, harsh, and will therefore always suffer, cry, long.
The horses are silently snorting
Hiding their bitterness
Their burning eyes reflect on my hands
Dancing flames of fire
Their big eyes
Are full of hate without words
And the flames just dance
Let the horse run free!
And set me free as well!
We two fly over the fields
Looking for happiness
Let the horse run free!
And set me free as well!
We two fly over the fields
Looking for happiness
(clapping of palms in the matter of horses running)
Song sung at the Russian Academy
