Lasha Tskvitinidze

The film follows three boys as they play and interact, revealing a familiar dynamic: teasing, bullying, and testing each other’s limits. We see them overcome their fears.

Beso is 14 years old kid from remote village of Georgia, he is growing up in a family of disabled father, mother who is family bread maker, a homosexual brother who gives private dance lessons to make money. Beso and his friend Beka spend their time like most kids. Beso writes rap and records himself on a tape recorder, he sees his rapping as a way out from his harsh life.

Niko is a promising young musician. He looks at life with hope and dreams of owning his own drum-set. When a charismatic drug dealer Kogo appears in Niko’s life, he finds himself in the middle of a drug distribution and corrupt police feud. There comes a moment for Niko when he begins to reassess his life.

Temo is in debts, just like majority of Georgian population, he has lost everything and now he’s sheltered by his girlfriend who lives in a tiny shack, together with her mother. Temo tries different things to get out of the situation, but his attempts are naïve and futile, be it discovering of constant energy or farming frogs for selling on the internet. Social complications are putting more and more weight on Temo’s back, because of this Temo is forced to take a criminal way to solve his problems.

As a young couple, Nika and Salome's everyday life changes due to gravitation. Nika becomes a murderer, Salome converts to a religious sect, awaiting the end of the world. Nika's behaviour is infantile, he runs around a playground holding his newborn son Kartlos like a steering wheel, imitating the sound of an engine. Nika immediately befriends strangers; for him social barriers are non-existent. He asks questions just for the sake of conversing. Unable to follow orders, he acts his own way. Salome is childlike as well, everything unfamiliar brings her both interest and fear. Like a child, she has many stimuli and doesn't limit her endeavours. She often repeats words for pleasure and talks to herself. Nika and Salome are united by a sense of loss. Salome was orphaned by losing her parents in a car crash, Nika's father is deceased as well. Their need to be safe remains unsatisfied. Exposed people seek a strong father figure, be it Stalin, Christ or aliens.