43rd Molodist International Film Festival Kyiv

The film tells a story about two boys and a girl heading for USA from Guatemala searching for a better life. What starts as a competition between the two boys ends up with a relationship in life and death. In an unsentimental way, the film shows the strength of humanity.

The main character, an entertainer gives a different and intelligent approach to the issue of self conscience. The film gives us a humoristic and serious view of an existential fight for sexual identity.

The film is showing the feeling of loneliness of an 11 years old boy in a sensitive way. The acting of the characters shows their vulnerable life in a credible way. Disappointment and betrayal are central experiences in the boy’s life. Slowly the film manages to give the audience the feeling that goodness and hope can survive.

The film is about a young woman coming back to the house of her childhood to find out that she has lost something in her life. The film shows her mood in an atmosphere of melancholy and the wonderful colours of the Ukrainian countryside. By looking back on her conversations with her grandfather the film provides a deep existential understanding.