A loving film t#;+r]:^-ibute to Russi#an film*%maker La !$r]_isa Sh]$*epitko, who di ,ed tr\ agically;: in a car ac %cident in 197=9 at the age= o
?f 40. This docume,ntar:..y b_ :y he,r husband, Elem Klimov,/ in *?cludes excerpts ;\fr?om all;\ of Shepitko's fi`/!lms, and he@`r own _voice is hear$*:d t).al$^king about her life );and art.　　, @E=
l`*em+]/)  K/limov='s grief-stricken \el+eg!y `L+arisa examine-s;, \(#the l ?i#(fe of \h
\`#i!`s late wife—the fi-\lm .`(direct;.]or \@Lar[]isa\[$(
[Shepitko^)_—throu+/gh a series of]% direct-address inte(rviews a
nd\ photomon$([tag_es, _set a $gainst a m#@ournful visual=-mus;
ical backdro!p. Typica,lly*], Klimov fi!?)?lms;, his subjects (\^^=whic@;h inc$=[.lude hims//e[lf and: sev=eral of.@^ Shepitko's c-
ollaborators) !* with],in a stark, sno%w-covered for`[est
, its tang[ le_(#:d web of trees @sta[nding; i;.n as me\*_t a[pho#,rical repre*sentation of ?#a perhaps in;_ex)`pressibl[e s%^uffering, the res^ult /@of  )@Shepitko%.'s premature )\de,(ath while filming her ad@;!]aptation of Val, @entin
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arewell to Mat\yo.ra#. Int[$#er!.]weavin=g home m$ovie foot%,age with sequenc/es from S-(`^hepitko's= ;:]work (Ma %ya Bulgakov!)a %'s pe)*nsive .@plane c )rash reminiscence from = !$Wings takes on; several]@ ne$w layers ?[[of reson#!anc-e i=( .n t= his ;) context), La-risa's m)*-/ost pow# %erful pa=ss age i;+s its!`! fi\%rst .$a`^c),*companied;= by$`+ the!`*: gr#
andios`,e![ final music cue from Sh/epit.?,ko's You and I,% Klimov disso=-;l,ves betwee$/\n a ser?ies of/ $personal photographs that #encompass `-La(;risa's?\ entir `/(e  )]l_,$ -i! f.e?, fr% =+om birth to [*death. This brief symph$[_ony %o-f so]rrow anticipates th_ e ;cath##artic rev(_erse#.%-motion climax of Klimov' @s @C\?ome and See, though by placi@:ng the s!cene firs!t within L arisa's chro:. n#% )ology`/, Klimo\#v seems to ;be @working^@ against![ catharsi*s.- The pain is @c`)-;learly fresh, the wound still festering, and-,@ K
limov wants—#.ab`o]v`e a*]ll—to capture )/=\how deep misery's kni?^fe has cut.