Overview

• The film premiered as the opening selection of Giornate degli Autori at the 82nd Venice Film Festival on August 27.
• Sandu’s first feature reconstructs her childhood in Crimea and Grozny against the USSR’s collapse and the Chechen wars.
• Reviewers describe a hybrid documentary distinguished by voiceover, archival materials, puppetry and striking, collage-like imagery.
• Coverage from Variety, Deadline and Cineuropa praises its visual inventiveness and notes echoes of Tarkovsky, Parajanov and Pasolini.
• Produced by Limitless with Revolver Amsterdam, the film is handled internationally by Loco Films and features Amina Taisumova and Selima Agamirzaeva in a 1 hour 38 minute runtime.