Shot in 2019, Alisa Kovalenko’s moving film follows the friends after they win a competition to travel to the Himalayas.
Shot in 2019, Alisa Kovalenko’s moving documentary captures the restlessness and dread that hung over the small towns in then Ukrainian-controlled territory.
The exciting prospect of the trek, with the promise of majestic vistas and new encounters, starkly contrasts with their everyday reality where the sounds of bombs and gunshots are so commonplace that they barely warrant a reaction.
All in their late teens, Andriy, Ruslan, Ilya, Lisa and Lera win a competition to travel to the Himalayas.
In one scene, Ruslan spends a day in a coal mine working alongside his father, who intends this experience to be both a lesson and warning.
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