Mellow Mud

Mellow Mud

From now on, we are not skipping school. And you will do your homework!

2016 · 105 min · ★ 7.1 · Drama

Siblings Roby and Raya after the death of their father and being abandoned by their mother, are forced to live with their dominating grandmother in a small country house owned by their family. Things change after the sudden death of their grandmother. The teenagers have to face a tough choice: either to report the accident and submit themselves to a life in an orphanage or hide the dead body and live as if nothing has happened.

Directed by Renārs Vimba · Written by Renārs Vimba

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