1917, Yakutia. 9-year-old Mikita is growing up beyond his years, as he, along with adults, learns the difficult life of a Yakut cattle breeder, where every day is a struggle for survival. New challenges await the boy, as the events of the revolutionary, rebellious time violently invade the traditional way of his family, violating the values and way of life that have been established for centuries.
In the space of the metropolis lives the lost girl Orlandina, who is programmed for self-destruction. This film is about the real, about the man himself, about the soul of man. You live, breathe, walk, the soul subconsciously, unconsciously returns you to its root, awakens gene memory.
Okhonon (Athanasius) was film made for television at Gosteleradio YASSR and broadcast in 1987. For TV, the edited 16mm film was transferred to a video reel, where the sound, music, and titles were superimposed. In the 1990s, the recording suffered and only the last minutes were preserved. For a long time, the film was considered lost. In 2020, the edited film was found and digitized. The original credits, soundtrack, and soundtrack were not preserved.
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