Village values and city values A man comes to a small village with a teenage son. The man is a reputable government official sent here to build an airport. My son is a normal kid. Now they have their own tasks. The man needs to suppress the resistance of villagers protesting against the construction of the airport, and the son needs to join the team of peers, which at first does not accept him. Against the airport object not only adults, but also children who in circles on the field simulate the arrival of a UFO. And only the appearance of a biologist who proved the presence of a rare Japanese field mouse in these parts allowed to stop the construction. However, not for long - the airport was still built, and it was on it that the long-grown-up son of an official landed, who decided to visit these parts.
The film focuses on the topical theme of protection of those who are in the minority, in this case, the villagers. They have their own microcosm, where there is a club, partly resembling a luxurious house of tolerance, young guys who look like gangsters, ordinary residents, their mischievous children, as well as a local madman who lives on a dovecote. Whether these people live well or not, one thing is true - they do not want to leave here. It's their home and they don't want to move because of the airport. Only a peace-loving biologist, by the way, turned out to be a childhood friend of a government official, was able to temporarily stop the construction.
The action of the film takes place against the background of colorful village landscapes, whose unflappiness partly resembles Russia. It's an almost idyllic pastoral where life is slow. The emphasis on village writing did not allow the director to sharpen the industrial conflict, but allowed him to make a film partly about his childhood. Children, having declared war on officials, in fact play an interesting game, and the confrontation between the village and officials is devoid of the criminal element characteristic of harsh social cinema. The toughest moments of the film are bloodless fights in the club, and even a non-fatal shot that sent the chief official to a hospital bed.
The position of the director on the stated issues is not completely clear. It is not clear whether he is for the preservation of village traditions or for total industrialization. He either does not answer this question at all or answers in two ways. On the one hand, he seems to be for the villagers, because he unwittingly demonizes the official and his team. On the other hand, the image of the official’s son, who happily returned to these parts by air, speaks clearly in favor of the airport. In any case, "Into the Far Sky" is not a purely social movie, where it is important to indicate your position. The basis here is a story about ordinary people who were on different sides of the barricades, and the director is not so important who was the winner.
8 out of 10