El parpadeo eterno / The Commissariat of Enlightenment

Russia, 1910. Leo Tolstoy lies dying in Astapovo, a remote railway station. Press from around the world have descended upon this sleepy hamlet to record his passing for a public celebrity news. They have been joined by a film company whose cinematographer, Nikolai Gribshin, is capturing the extraordinary scene and learning how to wield his camera as a political tool.