A horse sees the Russian Revolution coming and says 'neigh thank you.'
Follows the famous Oryol trotter, multiple champion of the beginning of the century. Then - in sharp battles on the tracks of hippodromes - the fate of domestic horse breeding was decided. The world of animals and people is shown through the perception of a horse named Big Boy.
Cinematography
Lush period detail that makes horse racing look like imperial poetry.
Direction
Zguridi's patient eye never rushes the horse's perspective.
Director
Aleksandr Zguridi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Oryol trotter was a genuine Soviet cultural obsession — this film rode that national pride hard.
Multiple horses played Big Boy; the 'actor' who did the emotional close-ups got apples between takes. Zguridi refused mechanical alternatives.
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