A.Sokurov's "Russian arc": an allegoric travelling of Russian soul

How the Herrmitage museum, being "closed space4", becomes an allegory of the way travweled by Russian soul? "Russain Arc" shows two visitors of the museum: Adolphe de Custine and the director (A^km-ov) travelling across the Museum through time and space. The film consists of several scenes, breaking the time and space bourders and connceting different significant figures of Russian history and culture, at the same time the film is a representation of Russian Soul. We are interested in the meetings of the nerrator of our times with the Past, and of Adolfe de Custine with Russia. We are also interested in how the "closed space" of The Hermitage breaks the time borders and fill the blank spaces in the visitor's travelling.