Plot

After Jason (9) is abandoned by his mother at a folk festival, he takes refuge in a forest cabin belonging to a mute loner. A series of circumstances eventually lead them to form a family - something both have lacked for a while.

After his compelling drama Black Field (2010), Greek director Vardis Marinakis returns to Karlovy Vary with his sophomore effort about nine-year-old Jason, whose mother abandons him at a folk festival. The unusually independent boy takes refuge in a cabin in the middle of the forest belonging to a mute loner named Minas. Although at first the man, who has a questionable profession, won't take him in, a series of circumstances eventually leads them to form a family - something both of them have lacked for a long time. This touching tale of mutual harmony and the yearning for intimacy captivates audiences with its dreamlike atmosphere, subtle emotions, and poetic depiction of nature as a refuge for those rejected by the people around them.—Natalia Neudacina (KVIFF)

A depressed mother abandons her child at a folk festival somewhere in northern Greece. As Jason, her precocious nine-year-old boy, wanders in the heart of a dense forest, a chance encounter with Minas, a mute recluse, will pave the way for an unexpected bond and something that resembles a family. However, is Minas capable of love?—Nick Riganas