In a boarding school in a provincial Siberian town comes a literature teacher, a graduate of a teacher training college. The directness with which the heroine intrudes into the life of the school provokes active resistance from the principal and head teacher. As a result of a series of clashes, the young teacher must leave the boarding school, but her pupils protest, and the directorate is defeated.
Acting
Mariya Sternikova's raw, unpolished defiance anchors every scene.
Cinematography
Trains slash through snowscapes like longing made visible.
Director
Eduard Gavrilov
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of the 1960s Soviet 'youth film' wave that quietly questioned authority before the Prague Spring froze everything.
The title's passing trains became iconic imagery for irreversible change in Russian cinema.
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