‘A generous ascetic. A fresh ironist. A hearty maverick. And a brooding, silent man. Ivan Cherkelov was interested in the search for Meaning in meaninglessness—on a large scale, and detailed, and disturbing, and wise, and beautiful. But Cherkelov’s unique cinema is as monotonous as it is evocative. Joy is not common in it, but it is a joy to watch.’
Genoveva Dimitrova