A rapper trades beats for bullets when war comes for his mother.
An apolitical rapper from Donetsk volunteers to go to Mariupol to rescue his mother from the besieged city.
Direction
Simonov's documentary background bleeds into visceral realism.
Sound
Diegetic rap score dissolves into artillery thunder.
Acting
Kalyuzhny's transformation from performative to primal.
Director
Andrey Simonov
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in reconstructed Mariupol ruins with local survivors as extras; several cast members lived the 2022 siege.
The 'youngling' title refers to both the rapper's naivety and a leaked military slang for untrained volunteers—his arc mirrors the term's darkening definition.
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