14 minutes that'll wreck your week. Childhood friends, deadly secrets, no escaping where you came from.
Mikail had to flee Chechnya for being homosexual. Unexpectedly meeting his old childhood-friend Daud in Germany, Mikal is not only faced with a renewed friendship, but a recurring fear of persecution.
Acting
Frank's eyes do everything the script won't say.
Direction
Sokurowa makes Germany feel as unsafe as Chechnya.
Director
Raissa Sokurowa
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released amid international coverage of Chechnya's anti-gay purges; Sokurowa specifically timed it to combat Western apathy.
The 14-minute runtime mirrors asylum interview protocols—hurried, dehumanizing, life-altering.
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