The Whaler Boy

2020 · 93 min · RU · 6.1 (26 votes)

Dir. Philipp Yuryev · Starring Vladimir Onokhov, Kristina Asmus, Vladimir Lyubimtsev, Nikolai Tatato, Arieh Worthalter, Mariya Chuprinskaya · Music Krzysztof Aleksander Janczak

Drama

Everything changes in the life of a young 15-year-old Chukchi hunter Lyoshka with the advent of the Internet in the village. He falls in love – for the first time and deeply – with the silent video chat girl. Upon learning that she lives in Detroit, Lyoshka decides on the most desperate act in his life.

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A quiet, introspective journey of a young boy discovering the world and himself through a digital window. It captures the ache of first love and the vastness of longing, set against a stark, remote landscape.

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