Beautifully filmed, and acted very convincingly. You feel like an observer in the village. As another said, it is surprising this got past the Soviet censors (if they exist) with its expose of rampant alcoholism and corruption The life in rural Russia, like the landscape, is bleak indeed and the hopelessness of those without power is actually a pretty universal theme.
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