The term emigration in the explanatory dictionary, we find the following explanation - from the Latin emigro - evicted, leaving the citizens of his country to another country for permanent residence, or a more or less long-term political, economic and other reasons. The emigrants and emigration have been and probably always will be an integral part of any political regime, the regime of government. This process shows the interpenetration of ethnic groups, cultures, traditions, problems, which obviously can not be resolved, being permanently confined to one land, the country, one city and way. Naturally, the vast space once the Russian Empire and then the Soviet Union, and now the Russian Federation, numerous peoples inhabiting these spaces and political storms that raged in these spaces in the twentieth century, have given many reasons to talk about such a concept as the Russian emigration. Moreover, in a global context. The film "Adrift" is not trying to understand and explain the origins and consequences of Russian emigration as a whole. We just show the lives of some Russian emigres living in a small town in Florida.
The small American town of Coco on the coast, Florida.
In the frame there is a restaurant sign on a pole, wooden tables on the street, the building of the restaurant "The Lone Cabbage".
The room inside the restaurant, ceiling fans are working, a panorama of the bar, counter, visitors in the frame.
People, tourists on the street, near wooden tables.
The room of the bar-restaurant is in the frame.
Large - the blades of the ceiling fan.
A souvenir dealer shows his products - jewelry made of semiprecious stones, crocodiles, shark teeth, etc.
In the frame, a large man in a blue T-shirt (speaking in English).
Panorama of the boat, the water, the shore (removed from traffic, from the water).
Shooting from a boat - the river, the shore are in the frame.
A man in a blue T-shirt runs a boat.
View of the river from the boat.
Driving along the highway, one-story houses in the frame, a platform trailer with an old wheeled carriage.
Says the emigrant, anesthesiologist Efim Imas.
In the frame there is a sign "Beach wave outlet", cars are passing along the road.
In the frame there is a bridge with a steep descent, cars are driving along the highway.
Efim Imas (talks about emigration).
In the frame there is a thicket of grass, some kind of sign in English, cars passing, a panorama of the hospital building.
Efim Imas speaks.
There is a one-story building in the frame, an American flag is flying on the roof, cars are parked nearby.
Efim Imas speaks.
The hall of a provincial restaurant, tables, sofas in the frame.
Efim Imas speaks.
A man in a blue T-shirt on a boat, talking to tourists on board.
Crocodiles, alligators in the river.
Tourists on board the boat, looking at the river, talking.
An alligator is swimming along the river.
Sailing boats, yachts near the shore.
Locals, tourists on the street of a small Florida town.
The couple is eating ice cream.
An African-American man near a cafe, talks about local cuisine, shows dishes.
A tourist train on wheels with tourists on a city street.
People on the streets of the city.
A man is hammering something with a sledgehammer.
An outdoor cafe, passers-by, visitors in the frame.
The waiter delivers the orders.
Roman Berenblit, an emigrant, the owner of the restaurant, talks about how he moved from St.
Petersburg to the United States.
People at the tables in the cafe.
Roman Berenblit speaks.
The city of St.
Augustine in Florida, in the frame of palm trees, people on the streets, etc.
Roman Berenblit speaks.
Tourists on a walk in a horse-drawn carriage.
Papier-mache dolls in Indian costumes are in the frame.
People on the streets of the city.
There is a group of child tourists in the frame.
Children take pictures.
In the frame there is a white statue on a pedestal, palm trees.
In the frame there is a large spreading tree, rustling foliage, a panorama of a small white one-story Orthodox church building.
The temple, the choir sings, parishioners, priests in the frame.
Children in the temple.
The woman is praying.
The choir sings.
In the frame there are church candles on a stand.
A rite in the Orthodox Church.
Sand, the shadow of palm trees in the frame.
A panorama of a deserted sandy beach, with a box of a modern building in the background.
In the frame there is a basketball net on the beach, the ocean shore.
In the frame, the rector of the Orthodox Church, Mark Stevens (speaking in English).
Ocean, waves, piles, bridge supports in the frame.
The Orthodox church, in the frame of John Pilatov.
Pilatov talks about how he came to the Orthodox faith (speaks English).
Pilatov sings a prayer in Old Slavonic, crosses himself and leaves.
Orthodox icons are in the frame.
Service in an Orthodox church, after the service, parishioners kiss the cross in the hands of the rector, cross themselves.
Tamara Artamonova-Murphy speaks.
The sign "Orthodox Curch of St.
Stephen", in the frame of the Orthodox church building.
An airplane in the sky, clouds, the roof of a church in the frame, an Orthodox cross.
Sale of old furniture on the street, an antique piano for $ 495 in the frame, a panorama of the street, passing cars.
A small town in Florida, traffic on the highway is in the frame.
Classes in the ballet studio (view through the window).
The building where the ballet studio is located is in the frame.
A one-story yellow building, clouds reflected in the windows.
In the frame there is a bar, a bar counter, TV monitors.
Bar patrons at tables outside.
In the frame there are musicians, a man speaks Russian into a microphone.
The night, the silhouette of people at the tables.
There are musicians in the frame.
It's night, the American flag is flying on the roof of the building.
The musicians set up the equipment before the performance, check the microphones.
The girl is filming on camera.
In the frame Anatoly Kasheparov (ex-soloist of VIA Pesnyary).
Panorama of the river, the shore, one-story houses in the frame.
Kasheparov speaks.
A laptop on the table, a panorama of the hall where Kasheparov's performance is taking place, the audience is in the frame, the singer is on stage (the song "Vologda" is playing).
Kasheparov sings on stage.
The audience is singing along.
Children are dancing.
The audience is in the hall.
The children are dancing.
A man takes a performance with a camera.
Kasheparov sings on stage.
Ocean, shore, beach, a surfer with a board in the frame.
People are sunbathing on the beach.
The shore, the sandy beach, the ocean, the silhouette of the liner is visible in the distance.
Boat trip along the river frame river, bridge, pier, pier.
The boat is moored to the shore.
The sign of the restaurant "The Lone Cabbage".
Key words
Emigration, emigrant, Russians in America, alligators, Orthodox church, church service
Personnel:
Kasheparov A. E. - solist VIA «Pesnyari», Zasluzhennij artist Belorusskoj SSR
Locations: USA [851] Florida
Seasons: Summer [824]