The White Sea: Russia's Frozen Cradle of Identity
In short: Journey to the Arctic frontier to discover the origins of Russian civilization. This documentary explores a land of frozen monasteries and wooden villages shaped by centuries of extreme cold.
Writer-explorer Cédric Gras travels the nearly landlocked White Sea to uncover the 'original Russia.' The journey covers the desolate Winter Coast, the port of Arkhangelsk, and the Solovetsky Islands—a monastic fortress noted for its impossible ingenuity.
The film highlights the intersection of faith and survival, tracing ancient trade routes through the Karelia taiga. It concludes with the last Pomor fishermen, whose lives still mirror the ancestral struggles of a civilization carved into ice and larchwood.
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