‘Serdtse mira (Core of the World) - Nataliya Meshchaninova’

Russia, today. Egor is a 25-year-old veterinarian on a rural farm which doubles as a hunting dog special training center using domesticated foxes. He is a grown man, but deep inside he is a child and it’s easier for him to get along with animals than with people. In desperate need of a controlled environment after a violent past relationship with his mother, all he wants is to care for the animals and to feel part of the close-knit family he works for. When animal rights activists invade this fragile microcosm, throwing off its delicate balance, Egor’s world begins to crumble...

Introduction by film expert and critic Anzhelika Artukh, a specialist on cinefeminism in Russia.