Spotted Dog Running at the Edge of the Sea (Russian: Пегий пёс, бегущий краем моря, translit.
Pegiy pyos, Begushchiy kraem morya) is a 1991 Soviet drama film directed by Karen Gevorkian, adapted from a novel by the same name by Kyrgyz writer Chingiz Aitmatov.
[1] The life of the Nivkh people, a small tribe living on the shores of the Sea of Okhotsk, is described.
The first part is a documentary shot in Sakhalin, the homeland of the Nivkhs, and presents sections from the lives of the locals.
The director showed how the tribe lived, hunted, danced and cast spells in real life.