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Year of production : 2022

Director(s) : Michal BLASKO

Irina (43), a single mother from
Ukraine, lives with her son Igor (13) in
a small Czech border town. One night
she discovers that Igor has been
assaulted by three attackers and her
whole world comes crashing down.
When Igor wakes
up from anaesthesia
he claims that
the attackers were
Roma.
Since then Irina
fights for justice and
demands the society
to rise up and punish the culprits.
As times goes on, she begins to spot
inconsistencies in his versions of the
attack. Ultimately, when the society is
emotionaly moved by the attack, Igor
admits to Irina that he made up the
whole story.
The ensuing march against violence,
dedicated to Igor and Irina as victims,
deteriorates into a violent neo-Nazi
campaign. When in the last moment
Irina tries to call it off, she confronts
the resistance of the mechanism
and she’s to continue what her son
began, lie, and take part in the march
as a victim. The consequences are
too severe for both to bear without
consequence or with a clear
conscience.