LEITA

Director:
Country:
Belgium, Poland, Russia
Genres:
Feature Fiction
Producer:
Radoslawa Bardes, Marion Hänsel, Jacek Kulczycki, Kira Saksaganskaya, Aleksey Uchitel, Magdalena Zimecka
Language:
English, Russian
Length:
94 min
Writer:
Philipp Yuryev
Year:
2020
Edition
RIFF 2020

Everything changes in the life of the 15-year-old hunter Leshka with the appearance of an unusual girl “from the computer”, who fascinates him. The protagonist’s state of being in love with an image so far away, the blurred silhouette of a beautiful stranger, leads him to the most courageous act in his life: to embark on the dangerous journey through the raging waters of the Bering Strait towards an unfamiliar world in order to find his love.

Venice Days Director’s Award 2020

Bonus Content: An introduction video to The Whaler Boy by the director Philipp Yuryev is available on Riff@home