Koktebel

Director: Boris Khlebnikov, Alexsei Popogrebsky
Starring: Igor Scernyevics, Gleb Puskepalis
Year: 2003

A windowed aeronautics engineer, an alcoholic who has lost his job, travels with his son hopping freight trains from Moscow to Koktebel, a town by the Black Sea, to start a new life with the father's sister.

Comments: Beautifully filmed. Every scene captures the exquisite landscape like a timeless photograph. The film is about search and discovery. It uses the metaphor of the "the road" to reflect on the relationship between a father who is seeking a way back from a personal abyss and his son who is on a path of preadolescent awakening.

Recommended.