At a dusty crossroads in the Soviet Union villagers surrender their possessions - a horse, a samovar, a goat - to the state. The train which takes them away brings to the village a physically and mentally handicapped woman, barely able to speak. She makes herself bracelets of burrs and studies herself in a cracked and cloudy mirror. Befriended by very few, teased and tormented by many she seeks protection at a huge portrait of Stalin.
Screenplay: Péter Bacsó, Miklós Köllő, Natalya Asmolova
Writer: Vladimir Tendryakov
Director: Péter Bacsó
Director of Photography: Tamás Andor
Producer: Dénes Szekeres