A scarf fetishist crashes into Soviet collapse. Romance? Chaos? Both.
When an American of Russian descent arrived at the dawn of perestroika in the Russian hinterland, in the town of Pavlovsky Posad, where old Russian shawls are made, a lover in love with these shawls, seen only in pictures, licked no one thought that drama would break out in the provincial silence ...
Cinematography
Pavlovsky Posad shawls as living, breathing characters.
Acting
Guseva's restraint against the chaos of perestroika.
Director
Yury Pavlov
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Pavlovsky Posad shawls were genuine Soviet cultural treasures, produced since 1795; the film weaponizes real heritage as erotic object.
Director Yury Pavlov shares his surname with the town itself—a coincidence he reportedly found 'destiny-adjacent.'
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