Teriberka is a small village on the shores of the Barents Sea has become famous thanks to the “Leviathan” film by Andrei Zvyagintsev, and it’s immediately become a symbol of Russian backwoods and hopelessness.
Director: Yuliya Varentsova
40 min., Russia, 2017
Subtitles: English
Language: Russian
Teriberka is a small village on the shores of the Barents Sea has become famous thanks to the “Leviathan” film by Andrei Zvyagintsev, and it’s immediately become a symbol of Russian backwoods and hopelessness. But Boris Akimov, an entrepreneur, has come to an unexpected conclusion after watching the film. He decided to take advantage of Teriberka most important potential – the current fame and breathe life in this village. He wanted to arrange new aqua farms, cafes with local sea urchins, cods and mussels, hotels, festival of contemporary art and windmills.
In general, he wanted to make Teriberka a paradise. “And if we succeed, it’ll be an excellent example of how to turn the history of this place in another direction – to restart life in the most distant and dying settlements of the country,” the entrepreneur says. So, will he and his team succeed?