The film traces how early revolutionary sparks and class conflicts evolve through war and industrialization, ultimately leading to generational reconciliation.
The story about a very small god-forgotten village in Siberia reflects the history of Russia from the beginning of the century till the early 1980s. Three generations try to find the land of happiness and to give it to the people. One builds the road through taiga to the star over horizon, the second 'build communism' and the third searches for oil.
Andrei Konchalovsky
Rating: 7.1/10 (45 votes)