A ferry ride becomes something far darker when maternal instincts freeze over.
Two young social workers are delivering a fugitive child to his mother by ferry. But in the middle of the icy Baltic Sea, something goes wrong.
Direction
Kott weaponizes the ferry's narrow corridors brilliantly.
Cinematography
Baltic gray becomes a character—beautiful and suffocating.
Acting
The mother's wordless arrival changes everything.
Director
Vladimir Kott
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot on a functioning Estonian ferry during actual winter crossings—no studio warmth.
Part of a wave of post-Soviet Baltic cinema exploring collapsed social systems and the ghosts they leave behind.
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