Seagulls didn’t fly here

Based on the story of Victor Astafyev "Pass" in 1958.
This historical picture is about the fate of a 10-year-old boy. Siberia, the 1930s. Down along the Siberian river Mane there passes an artel of rafters who clean the banks of a dried-up forest. Here they meet the 10-year-old Ilya, who ran away from home after a quarrel with his stepmother. He asked the artisans to take him with them to the mouth of the river, where his grandparents live. Here a little hero learns a dangerous craft and makes friends. The summer passed in dangerous and hard work, but for the rest of his life the boy will remain grateful to these severe people.