A truck, a dream, and the road that breaks everything.
At the non-places of this world lie the struggles of nobodies, to improve, overcome and survive. Their struggles suffocate them, they forget to live. They dislocate them, bring them together and pull them apart. Father and son share simple dreams and a lifetime on the road. Along an unromantic Silk Route they try to make some come true. Searching for a more livable future they break apart. As working class heroes they accept their fate. The film examines the added value of honesty in our actions.
Cinematography
The unromantic Silk Route as character, not backdrop.
Direction
van Damme's patience lets silences scream.
Director
Pieter-Jan van Damme
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Kyrgyzstan's post-Soviet trucker culture is rarely documented; this captures a transient workforce invisible to global cinema.
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