以處女作《歸鄉》拿下威尼斯金獅獎的安德烈薩金塞夫，新作描述帶著妻兒返鄉定居的男主角，在展開新生活之際，卻從妻子口中得知即將誕生的孩子不是他的骨肉。從樹梢開展到水塘的超長鏡頭，俯瞰生命無常，呼喚著塔科夫斯基式的俄國靈魂；一個意外，就足以傾塌人倫的地基。飾演好妒丈夫的康斯坦丁拉朗尼柯，榮膺本屆坎城影帝。
A husband and wife with two children come from an industrial city to the countryside, to the husband’s birthplace, to stay in his father’s old house. In contrast to the old setting in the city, the new setting seems like a natural idyll. Life there will demand great sacrifices…