Viktor Grakov

A true story, set in the future. About seeds and genetic diversity, about growth and decay, about love and war, about hunger of all kinds. About what it means to be human, even when all your humanity is stripped away.

A 15-year old Vika has to grow up. Only yesterday she was just a teenager and now she’s a mom. Catching sidelong scowls of adults, being mocked by peers, unbearable responsibility – it seems like the entire world is against her and Vika is all by herself. More truly, she has a child now, she’s not all alone.

An Orthodox priest, a resident of a provincial town, has for many years been unable to find answers to important questions for him, tormenting and interfering with a peaceful life. Once, having unraveled the tangle of certain events, he realizes that the answer lies in a long and difficult unforgiveness.