The main character of the film is miner Yuri Shemet. His life story is in many ways similar to the fates of thousands of miners living and working in the northern city of Inta. Daily risks at the coal face, meager pay for hard work, the impossibility of leaving for the mainland - this is what the harsh everyday life of the hero consists of. But, remaining a hostage of the North, the miner finds an opportunity to free himself for a short time from the feeling of hopelessness. Once a year he takes a vacation and goes to slaughter reindeer...




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A herd of reindeer runs across the tundra at sunset.
They are followed by a sleigh with a reindeer team.
A reindeer corral.
Reindeer antlers.
Portraits of reindeer herders.
Railroad tracks in the North.
A train goes to a mine.
A railway worker meets the train.
A view of the mining equipment outside the mine.
A panorama of the tundra, lights in houses are burning in the distance.
Power lines at sunset.
Roofs of houses.
A dog on a leash meets its owner.
There is a wooden sculpture in the yard.
The owner of the house, miner Yuri Sheremet, tells the story.
Miners descend to the depths.
Miners leave the cage.
They walk along the tunnel for a long time.
The faces of the miners.
A coal combine is working.
Shots of work in the mine alternate with running reindeer.
Miners return to the ground.
A herd of reindeer runs, followed by a beater on a sled.
A seasoned deer stands in the middle of a herd.
A worker stuns a deer and prepares to kill it.
Slaughter and preparation of carcasses.
Portrait of a man in national clothes of northern peoples.
Alternation of scenes from the slaughter of deer.
People carry meat home to their families.
Portrait of a man in frost.
Deer antlers in the snow at sunset.
Morning, the protagonist lights the stove.
Yuri Sheremet narrates.
The interior of his house.
Streets of Inta.
Mine, waste dump.
A Zhiguli without doors and with an open trunk is being towed along the street.
Mine.
Waste dump.
Miners smoking.
Hands with a pack of Prima cigarettes.
A train leaves the mine.
Sunset.
Coal cars.
Miners descend underground.
A mine car travels through a tunnel in the mine.
Alternation of personal photographs of miners.
Mine, Miners, Deer
Yuri Sheremet
Inta. Komi Republic
Winter