In the Dark

He is an old man, 80 years old and he has lost his sight. He lives in a small flat with a white cat. The man wants to do something useful and spends his days making woolen bags. The cat messes up his work and everyday is a continuous battle between the two of them. But the cat － besides being an enemy － is also his only friend. The blind man listens through the window to the sounds of the Moscow streets and explains to the cat what is going on. He also goes out on to the streets - trying first to sell the bags and then to give them away for free. Nobody wants them because everyone is carrying plastic bags. The film is about a Soviet style suburb of Moscow. Symbolically the blind man represents something old and traditional in Russia, and the outside world represents something modern which doesn't have any use for the old blind man. Thus the film is also a metaphor for Russia in change.