Maia Gelovani

When Sandro’s father decides to devote his life to God and leaves for a monastery, the teenage introvert finds himself deprived of the fundamental certainties of life. Abandoned by his father and his mother, who is working abroad, the young man embarks on a journey of self-discovery, opening up both to a new friendship with the radical Lasha, who has ties with an ultra-right organisation, and also to the chance to explore his own sexuality.

This film explores the sensations and associative memories of childhood. It delves into how a simple object—its touch or its scent—can transport someone back to their childhood, recalling a specific day that might seem ordinary yet is charged with intense emotion. The narrative captures the essence of care, fear, love, warmth, aggression, stress, and the subtle forms of violence that a child might not understand at the time, or might understand but be unable to articulate.