It was entered into the 42nd Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Alfred Bauer Prize.

[1] Reflecting on the meaning of life, the hero of the film involuntarily becomes a real participant of his own memories.

His traveling companion — he himself, 20 years ago, a young boy, not burdened by life experience, which is still to come, along with sins and virtues.

The hero is like living over his life, trying to find his way back to basics, to learn of his roots.

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