Third-Class Travel

Dutch premiere

A documentary film which recounts the lives of passengers travelling on the longest railway route in the world: ordinary Russians who met by chance on the Moscow-Vladivostok train. The endless journey is a metaphor of the country in perpetual motion, and gives a striking portrait of contemporary Russian society.

Rodion Ismailov (Russian Federation)
Russian Federation | 2017 | 82 min
Russian spoken, English subtitled

Rodion Ismailov was born in Azerbaijan. In 1998 he graduated from Saint Petersburg State University of Cinematography and Television, specialized in film-directing. He works as a director and producer.