

Silent Souls
Overview
Miron Alekseevich, director of a paper and pulp mill, goes to bury his wife Tanya in the place where they once spent their honeymoon. He goes not alone, but with a photographer named Stork, to whom he tells touching details of his life with Tanya. The narrative weaves together the memories of the characters, as well as the rituals and beliefs of the Meri people, a small Finnish tribe that once lived in the Northern Volga region and dissolved among the Russians.
Top Cast

Yuliya Aug
Tanya

Igor Sergeev
Aist

Viktor Sukhorukov
Vesa

Yuriy Tsurilo
Miron
Vyacheslav Melekhov
Bird Seller
Yulia Tushina
Aist's Mother
Ivan Tushin
Young Aist
Leisan Sitdikova
Rimma

Olga Dobrina
Yuliya
Sergey Yarmolyuk
Inspector
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About Silent Souls
Silent Souls is a drama film released in 2010 exploring themes of river, dead body, chubby woman, typewriter, ancient culture, love for wife. Directed by Alexey Fedorchenko, it stars Yuliya Aug, Igor Sergeev, Viktor Sukhorukov. Miron Alekseevich, director of a paper and pulp mill, goes to bury his wife Tanya in the place where they once spent their honeymoon. He goes not alone, but with a photographer named Stork, to whom he tells touching details of his life with Tanya. The narrative weaves together the memories of the characters, as well as the rituals and beliefs of the Meri people, a small Finnish tribe that once lived in the Northern Volga region and dissolved among the Russians.
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