C: Do you like Moscow?

P: I was hating Moscow when I was there for the first time. Because it`s true: Aside from its monuments, that city isn`t very beautiful… But then, one day has changed everything. I understood that that city is nothing without its population. […] What I love in that city, is the spirit of the countryside in the streets. Something deeply provincial in the behavior of the people, that distinguish the habitants of Moscow from inhabitants other big cities.

 

Chris Marker, Si j’avais quatre dromadaires (1966)