"Watching a movie"

An elderly man and woman sit shoulder to shoulder in a cluttered room, the man gazing toward a small illuminated screen in the corner while the woman looks out at the viewer, her hands resting near a low table set with a cup. Blazing orange curtains fill the window behind them, a swan-patterned textile hangs on the left wall, and handwritten Cyrillic place-names run across the top of the canvas.

Painted in thick, urgent strokes, the artist renders skin in cold blue-green tones against saturated red-orange drapery, producing a feverish, unnatural glow. Bold impasto, a tightly cropped composition, and clashing complementary colors turn the domestic scene into an emotionally charged, expressionist encounter.