
Aheartbreakingportraitof16-year-oldUkrainianrefugeesAndreyandAlisa,whohelpoutataschoolforrefugeechildreninBudapest.AndreyasksthechildrentodrawpicturesofsomethingfrombackhomeinUkraine.Whatbeautifulthingscantheyrecall?Heofferstheexampleofhisowngrandfather’scherryorchard.Thechildrenuseconfrontational,adultvocabularytodescribetheirexperiencesofwar.Ayoungboyearnestlygoesthroughanumberofbattlestrategies,andagirlprovidesavividaccountofarocketattack. Afterschool,theyoungcouplemakecolorfulprotestartworkoutonthestreetsoftheHungariancapital,sparkingdiscussionsbetweenpro-Russianandpro-Ukrainianpassersby.Thecamerafilmsthepairwithoutcommentary,capturingtheeverydayfunhadbytwoteenagersinlove,aswellasthedifficultphonecallstothehomefront.Reassuringstoriesofripeningcherriesarewelcome,butthesadnessofthewar,theimminenttraumaandthegrowingawarenessoftheirwreckedyouthisunfortunatelyever-present. 源自:https://www.idfa.nl/en/film/c2268db3-040a-49c7-b778-bb22e2df8b4b/away