The hoarse whistle of a steam locomotive

Film director Pyotr Mostovoy entered the history of documentary cinema as a participant in the so-called “Leningrad wave.” He is one of the creators of original documentary films of the second half - beginning of the 21st centuries. Since 1993 he has lived and worked in Israel. His creative biography includes more than 40 documentaries and 2 feature films. Among them: “Look at the face”, “Marinino’s life” (cameraman). “Only three lessons”, “A house is being built”, “Date”, “Scene” “Two hours in the Holy Land”, “Red Scarf” The autobiographical short stories that make up the book are distinguished by the precise view of the cinematographer, the style of a Leningrad intellectual, and the director’s structured plot.