HR

2003

46 min

Finished

Autumn On Ob River

Directing: Janno Simm

Synopsis

Near the mounth of Ob River in North-Western Siberia live the Northernmost families of 22500 Khanty people. In conditions of harsh polar enviroment and post-soviet unpredictability, coping is a challenge. Like many of their neighbours - Kinsmen, the Tobolko family is a part of a fishing brigade. In order to survive, when pay is scarce and even that has not been paid for months, they employ the traditional economical model of Arctic, where hunting and reindeer herding add value to fishing activities.