Description
Synopsis:
At the end of summer 2021 boys spend their last lazy days together in a small town by the Volga River. Their childish routine of roaming streets, riding scooters and vaping will change so soon — only Slava stays in Yuryevets with his foster family, most of his friends are leaving to study or work in a week.
Vlad dreams about a military career. He wants “to save lives” just like characters in his favorite computer games and to earn enough money for his poor parents who work in a local supermarket. At his birthday party the teens argue and try to dissuade Vlad but he has already made his choice. Hope there will be no war in the future — they say.
About the director:
Masha Chernaya — was born in Tula (1990) in writers’ family. Studied journalism at MSU, poetry at Maxim Gorky Literature Institute, post-documentary photography at Docdocdoc school of photography. Participated in documentary expeditions to Yuryevets, Sviyazhsk.
Co-curated a filmmaking workshop for teenagers at III Kaliningrad International Film Festival “On the Edge. West”.
Works as a director-cinematographer, journalist, photographer and illustrator.