Castle of Hope. (An angel flew across the midnight sky) (1995)

Psychologist Vladimir Zobnev is jogging in the forest.

An apartment, Zobnev is walking down the hallway with a plate of fruit, enters the room, puts the plate on the laid table.

Panorama of the room, shelves with books, folders, documents.

Zobnev is pouring tea into small cups, treating guests sitting at the table.

There are jars of tea on the shelves.

Close-up - books on the shelf, a bust of Dostoevsky.

Zobnev is in the courtyard of a house, walking towards the exit to the street.

Zobnev is jogging in shorts along the city streets.

In the frame - a group of young people.

Leningrad, city streets, people are walking with umbrellas.

A drug addict is lying on a bed, suffering from withdrawal.

Blurred image - people on the street.

Puddle - a tree and a house are reflected in the water.

View of an old dry tree and the facade of a house.

A man with a bottle is staggering in a gateway.

Panorama of the staircase in the house, a man is standing near the railing.

Zobnev runs up the stairs, opens the door with the sign "Drug Addiction and Toxicomania Department" and goes inside.

In Zobnev's office, a girl is receiving him - asking for help.

A man and a street lamp are reflected in a puddle.

People on the streets of the city.

Close-up - an alcoholic man is lying on a bed.

Drug den - a young man is checked for hands, searched, drugs are found, a panorama of the room, table, cups, etc.

Drug addicts are sitting on chairs in the room - hiding their faces.

The camera films the balcony - a man is standing there, a bag of drug raw materials lies nearby.

Panorama of the yard - there are sculptures from the Soviet era, the buildings of two-story buildings are visible.

Close-up - a panorama of a Soviet sculpture in the form of a boy with a dog, with broken hands.

Forest, river bank, the sun is shining.

Rehabilitation camp "Optimist".

A girl is smiling, standing next to a woodpile.

Men are cooking a piglet over a fire, on a spit.

Evening, people are sitting by the fire, a young guy is singing and playing the guitar.

Sunset, a river, a cat is walking along the footbridge.

View of the river, sunset sky, forest in the distance.

The frame shows different people, program participants who are spending time in the camp.

Close-up - Zobnev in a white hat, cooking something, smiling.

Close-up - a black cat, washing itself.

A man is smoking.

Panorama of a clearing - in the frame, children and adults are busy setting up the camp, carrying logs from the forest, chopping poles with an axe, setting up tents.

Children are having lunch at the table, a man with a beard is sitting nearby.

A life preserver with the inscription "Optimist" is hung on a stick.

View of the camp, tents are pitched, Zobnev comes out of the tent with clothes in his hands - heading to the river.

A guy and a girl jump from a footbridge into the water, swim in the river, the girl gets out of the water and runs back to the camp.

Another guy and girl are fooling around, the guy jumps into the water with the girl.

The man looks at the youth, smiles, then dives into the water from the footbridge.

The girl looks out from behind a stack of life preservers.

In the frame - a girl with a guitar, walking in a meadow.

The girl is sweeping the camp territory.

The girl is walking in the meadow.

A man and a woman are riding a boat.

Close-up - the girl is smiling.

Young people take cobblestones from boats, put them on the pier (on the footbridge).

Men take stones, cobblestones, put them together, strengthen the foundation.

Men on the pier, near the boats, stretch polyethylene, nail it to the bridge railing.

Close-up - a hand stirs hot coals with a poker.

A man pours water from a bucket.

On the pier, a guy collects water from the river into a bucket, then pours it onto the footbridge.

At the table, children and girls are making bouquets of wild flowers, a panorama of adults who are preparing shashlik.

Panorama of the table - adults and children are sitting, eating shashlik, chatting, etc.

Footage from the construction of a wooden house - adults and teenagers are working.

There is a battery, a tape recorder, Zobnin is listening to music in headphones, a group of people are sitting nearby.

A girl is sawing a large log with a handsaw.

The man is smiling, looking at the girl.

Zobnin is in headphones - enjoying the music, swinging to the beat.

Men are getting logs out of the boat.

The guy falls into the water while trying to take the log.

People are busy with various jobs - repairing inventory, bringing logs in boats, sawing a log with a double-sided handsaw, etc.

In the frame - a girl is standing by a pole.

A man is tying branches.

Children and adults are sitting in a clearing - preparing bathhouse brooms.

A man with a bucket on the pier.

A girl by the shore is wiping a board with a rag.

River bank, reeds, grass - panorama of table on pier.

Adults and children are sitting at table, drinking tea from samovar.

Boats with people are sailing away from pier.

Setting sun - view of river and sailing boat.

Finland, city street - two men meet near building entrance, hug, go inside.

Zobnev with bags enters Finnish branch of Optimist, hugs woman.

Zobnev and Finnish colleagues meeting at table in room - people are talking, drinking tea, close-ups of people, cups in hands etc.

Zobnev is speaking at microphone.

Panorama of people at table.

In photo - kitten.

Zobnev in nature with Finnish colleagues - sitting at table.

View of Finnish summer wooden house.

In frame - Zobnev - inspecting territory.

Zobnev is walking along territory, goes to pier, goes to river.

Zobnev talking to his Finnish colleague, panorama of dog lying on grass.

Seagull on the pavement.

Streets of Finnish city, shop windows.

People on city streets.

Girl with guitar on meadow in summer camp.

People on embankment of Finnish city, seagulls etc.

Close-up - boy in summer camp.

Children playing football on meadow.

Herd of cows on meadow, goes to forest.

Zobnev holding mock auction - lots are put up for sale, camp participants are sitting on meadow, making bets etc.

Boy in T-shirt with “Optimist” inscription is reading book.

Camp veranda, panorama of fire.

Evening, camp participants are sitting by fire.

Panorama of veranda.

River, ripples on water.

Panorama of river, shore.

Woman cutting girl’s hair on pier.

Close-up - girl’s face.

Girl holding cat in her arms.

Dog sitting on pier, looking at water.

Evening, camp members at the table, writing something, eating, talking, there are candles on the table.

Men are lighting a samovar.

The frame shows life in the camp - men are carrying kayaks, lighting a samovar, something is heating on the fire, etc.

A man with brooms is standing at the entrance to the bathhouse.

View of the river from the bathhouse (through polyethylene).

Various frames from the improvised bathhouse in the camp - Zobnev with brooms, people in the steam room, sitting on benches, steaming, etc.

A guy runs out of the steam room, jumps into the water from the bridge.

A girl is lying on a bench in the bathhouse, she is beaten with brooms, people are sitting on benches nearby.

Water is poured on the girl from a basin on the river, after the bathhouse.

Zobnev dives into the river after the bathhouse.

After the bathhouse, adults and children are drinking tea.

In the frame - Zobnev drinking tea.

A girl with a cup of tea on the river bank, a panorama of the pier, boats, and the river.

Large - ripples on the water.

A boat is sailing along the river, through the reeds and grass.

Large - ripples on the water.

Zobnev is running along a country road.