it seem that there be great potential for the story line of this film to be something worth watching . the acting be flat and the story lack depth . there be too much reliance on camera work and which have some high point . i have to agree with the other negative comment . i only wish i have read them before buy the dvd . the film may be worth watch for free and you be bore to tear before hand . there could have be a lot more plot development with why there be homeless in moscow ( i. e. post soviet capitalism and rampant drug usage ( i. e. increase heroin trafficking from afghanistan ) while more development of why the resurgence of russian orthodoxy after the fall of the u. s. s. r. while the archaeologist themselves while or even more into the struggle against nihilism .