简介：Criminalmelodrama.Oleg,youngandtalantedrestorermadeacopyofVanDake'spictureandsaleditasanoriginalfor300thousanddollars.Toavoidaninvestigationandmeetingwithhisaggrievedbuyercalled"Soloist",Olegconcealshimselfinapsychiatricfacility."Soloist"kidnapedhimtopiquetorememberwherethemoneyishidden.Katkatakeninto"Soloist's"servicetowatchOlegsurprisinglysaveshim. TigranKeosayanwasborninMoscowin1966.HeworkedasanassistantdirectorattheMosfilmstudiosince1983andin1998hegraduatedasadirectorfromStateFilmInstitute(classofYu.Ozerov).Whilestillastudent,hehasshotanumberofadverts,aswellasmusicvideos,charmingthefilmworldbyhispectorals.Everythingseemedequallyeasytohim:acomedy(ThepresidentandhisGranddaughter),athriller(KatkaandShiz),awarfilm(Men'sJob),anironicmelodrama(ASilverSnowdrop).Everythingwasveryprofessionalandtheonlythingmissingwasasoul,withoutwhichthesefilmswerefuntowatchandquiteeasytoforget.Itmadehimturnaroundandgoyetinanotherdirection,intohisownpast,tomake,almostforthefirsttimeintheRussiancinema,animpossibleblendofapoliticalfarceandapoetictale.Ittookhimtotheroadsof,ridinginagipsycartandaccompaniedbyAlexeiRybnikov'swonderfulmusic.Weatherthedirectorhasmanagedtofindthatmysterioussoulinhistravelsremainstobeseeninhisfuturefilms.…