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Irina is an immigrant single mother from Ukraine living in a small Czech town. One day, her son is assaulted and severely injured. While the police investigate the crime, the whole town stands up in solidarity with the mother and son and condemns their Roma neighbors, who are allegedly responsible for the assault. After Irina's son wakes up in hospital, the truth about his incident begins to emerge. However, at the same time, a political campaign is gaining momentum in town, and different actors from media, politics and civil society strategically manipulate reality to their own ends. Truth and lies become difficult to tell apart. As a caring mother trying to make a new life for herself in a foreign country, Irina has to contend with the xenophobia, discrimination, and prejudice around her. Torn between protecting her family and searching for the truth, she is ultimately forced to make a fateful decision.

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Jessica Kiang Variety Blaško, working from an efficient, singleminded script by Jakub Medvecky, keeps the focus trained on Irina, and on Smachelyuk’s superbly controlled yet conflicted performance... Sep 11, 2022 Full Review Srivatsan S The Hindu The mark of a bad anthology is the urgency to employ the various techniques and devices to make it look palatable and complete. Nov 2, 2023 Full Review Jennie Kermode Eye for Film Blasko tells the story with a plainness which adds to its power, sometimes using news-style framing as if to remind us of the political moment which we’re living through. Rated: 4.5/5 Mar 6, 2023 Full Review Jared Mobarak The Film Stage This film wants us to know that [Irina] isn't sleeping at night both because of the abuse thrown her way and the guilt for the pain innocents are suffering from because of her silence. Rated: B Sep 17, 2022 Full Review Wilson Kwong Film Inquiry It might not embrace the larger societal discourse with open arms, but ends up doing that anyways through a more intimate and character-driven lens. Blaško should be lauded for his standout feature film debut. Sep 17, 2022 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Irina is an immigrant single mother from Ukraine living in a small Czech town. One day, her son is assaulted and severely injured. While the police investigate the crime, the whole town stands up in solidarity with the mother and son and condemns their Roma neighbors, who are allegedly responsible for the assault. After Irina's son wakes up in hospital, the truth about his incident begins to emerge. However, at the same time, a political campaign is gaining momentum in town, and different actors from media, politics and civil society strategically manipulate reality to their own ends. Truth and lies become difficult to tell apart. As a caring mother trying to make a new life for herself in a foreign country, Irina has to contend with the xenophobia, discrimination, and prejudice around her. Torn between protecting her family and searching for the truth, she is ultimately forced to make a fateful decision.
Director
Michal Blasko
Screenwriter
Jakub Medvecký
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Czech
Runtime
1h 31m