Eto loshadi

I couldn't tell you how many horses you see in this 10-minute cinemascope black and white short - lots and lots! You have a mare and her foal just after birth, horses being herded to different locations with the foal struggling to keep up, horsemen with nooses capturing horses, jockeys on horses, a horse carrier with 2 horses . . . and as you're marveling at the beauty and majesty of these equines, the images shift to sheep in pens, then horses being led through passages those in the west would associate more closely with bovines - more round-ups, horses jumping - the camera moves very close to the ground and you see shots of lots of hooves - sharp percussive bangs on the soundtrack . . . fade to credits - with the sound of hoofbeats and human chanting going on well after the credits have finished.

A cinema equine haiku, if you will.

Impressive.

Not playing soon at a multiplex near you.