Hryhir Tiutiunnyk

Village boy Klimko, accompanying his father to the front, stays with his stepmother. In the occupied village, the hero cannot see his friends. Having survived hunger, injuries and loneliness, the boy enters a vocational school - nine kilometers from the village - and works with new friends for the front...

Sanko returns to his grandfather's house, where he spent his childhood.

The documentary drama about the formation and creative rise of Ukrainian novelist Hryhir Tiutiunnyk in the context of the work and influences of his older brother Hryhoriy. "A writer is born out of love and suffering," wrote Hryhir Tiutiunnyk. There really was no other way for a Ukrainian writer like him, and this documentary is about that.