Release Date

14 Oct, 1998

Runtime

01:44: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

Lucky is he who knows the causes of things...

A quiet Tarkovskian drama about an old man who lives alone on a deserted island which the Soviet fighter planes use for nighttime target practicing. A young mute boy is sent from the mainland to keep him company. Both are haunted by memories, the boy about his mother and the old man about his younger days as a missionary in Africa.