Elena Gutkina

A father and son live alone in a cottage in the woods. They hardly ever go out. Each new day resembles the one before and is shaped by the son’s rituals, which the father tries to observe.

A father and son live alone in a cottage in the woods. They hardly ever go out. Each new day resembles the one before and is shaped by the son’s rituals, which the father tries to observe.

In Bulgaria, there is a tradition to inform about the passing of a person by means of a special announcement. Usually it is hung out in some public place - at a bus stop, on a fence or the front door of a house. Such a leaflet is called a Bulgarian street obituary. The camera turns out to be next to a Bulgarian family going through mourning, and spends one day in a local village.