Synopsis
- Winner: Förderpreis Neues Deutsches Kino 2020 -»Best Film (first, second or third Feature Film)«
When his grandmother dies nobody is there to care for 9 year old Roman. His mother Oksana works illegally in Germany caring for an old lady. He travels after her, surmounting the border controls, but Oksana is not alone. She lives with the lady´s widower, Schwarz. His apartment becomes Roman´s new home. A dramatic triangle starts, driven by jealousy and love. Then Oksana falls ill and is taken to a hospital. Schwarz flees immediately, taking the child to a remote summer home. The two cautiously start coming to terms with each other and after teaching him to shoot with an airgun, Schwarz earns Roman’s wary affection. In the middle of a game Schwarz suffers a sugar shock because of his diabetes and dies. Roman is trapped in a place with no escape and a corpse. He searches for food and waits for his mother’s arrival.
