Where They Went

Compartment No. 6 (2021)

Directed by Juho Kuosmanen

A Finnish archaeology student in 1990s Moscow takes the long train north to Murmansk to see ancient petroglyphs, sharing a sleeper compartment with a coarse young Russian miner.

  • Travel shown
  • On foot, bike, skis or swimming
  • Not shown on screen
  • Fictional place
  1. 1Irina's flat and the station
    Moscow, Russia
    ≈ 00:02:00
    Stated on screen

    At a party at her lover Irina's flat, Laura realises she will be making the trip alone.

  2. 2Train to Murmansk, compartment 6
    Moscow, Russia
    ≈ 00:10:00
    Stated on screen

    She is stuck in a compartment with Lyoha, who drinks and insults her.

  3. 3Overnight stop, old woman's house
    Petrozavodsk, Russia
    ≈ 00:40:00
    Stated on screen

    During the overnight stop Lyoha takes her to visit an elderly woman and they drink moonshine.

  4. 4Hotel and mine
    Murmansk, Russia
    ≈ 01:05:00
    Stated on screen
  5. 5Petroglyph site, Kola Peninsula
    ≈ 01:25:00
    Inferred

The journey in numbers

Distance travelled
1,578 km
Places
4
Countries
1
Stops
5
  • Train: 1,496 km
  • Boat: 82 km
  • On foot: 0.0 km

Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.

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