Like part 1, this section of the film proceeds at its own pace, inviting us into lives so different from our own—sharing the same hopes for children and family, the same desire for comfort and security, in an almost unimaginable environment. I will remember the words of the old man as he and his wife bid farewell to the film crew. We see them standing outside their yurt, ready to resume six years of complete isolation and backbreaking labor. He says, “Our life is neither good nor bad, although we did expect a bit more.”
