简介：ThisisthestoryofthebalokwhichbelongstoTerenti,areindeerhunter,chiefofthebrigade.Inhisbalok,livehiswifeMaïa,hisdaughterAnna,hisbrotherVassiaandhisgrandfather.Konstantin,Anna'scousin,isstayingwiththemforafewdaysinthetundra.Itisearlyinthemorning,andAnnahasjustawakened.TheTraceofMoloktchonfollowsafamilyofDolgansfromsunrisetosunset.WemaketheacquaintanceofthesepeoplesoftheGreatNorth-theTundraofSiberia-thelastnomadicinhabitantsoftheTaïmyr.OnMay9,2000,thefilmmakersetonefixedcameraintheinteriorofa"balok",anotheroutsideonaswivel,whereitcouldfollowtheprogressofthesunwithalittletelescope.Thismadeitpossibletofilmontwoscreens,anintimaterecordofatypicaldayinthelifeofMaïaandthemeansdevelopedbythisthousand-year-oldcultureformeetingitsdailyneeds,andatthesametime,apanoramaofherenvironment,theTundraofTerenti.Wediscoveronthesetwoscreensthewayoflifeoftheselatterdayanimisticnomads.Theywentabouttheirusualactivitieswithoutapparentregardfororinterestinthecamera.Thedocumentthatresultedfromtheexperienceofobservingthisnecessarilyminimal,yetefficientandadaptablewayofdealingwithlife,ismovingandinformative.…