An odd little film by Riho Unt and Hardi Volmer, the first of a number of films they made together. An awkward member of the tribe who can't quite do things that come naturally to the others becomes the only one able to do battle on their behalf and defeat a calamity that comes upon them. Once the crisis has been averted, however, he finds himself just as unable to adapt to "normality" as he was before.

I've been unable to find anything about the Chukchi fairy tale that this is supposedly based on. Even the name "Kohmits" doesn't help.

The design of the puppets is clever - but perhaps the film is in love with it a bit too much. It feels like the directors were experimenting and having fun, with the story more of an afterthought.