A House Made of Splinters

2023 · 87 min · EN · 6.9 (31 votes)

Dir. Simon Lereng Wilmont · Music Uno Helmersson

Documentary

A temporary house for abandoned children near the front line in eastern Ukraine is run by a small group of social workers determined to provide comfort and safety. It may be humble and somewhat run-down, but this house is filled with love and offers up to nine months of refuge to kids whose fate will be determined by the system. During this short time, the caretakers try to nurture within them a sense of stability and normalcy.

VIBE

A deeply affecting and quietly powerful experience, this film offers an intimate, unvarnished look at childhood resilience amidst profound hardship. It's a tender, yet sobering, exploration of fragile hope and the enduring human spirit in the face of adversity, captured with a compassionate, observational lens.

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