THE WHALER BOY

THE WHALER BOY (KITOBOY), 2020
Russia, Poland, Belgium | HDD, Color, 93’ | English, Russian
Director: Philipp Yuryev
Cast: Vladimir Onokhov, Kristina Asmus, Vladimir Lyubimtsev

In this first film by the Russian director, Lyoshka, a young whale hunter living on the Chukchi Peninsula, is surfing the web with a friend when he discovers the website of “HollySweet999,” the nickname of a webcam model. His first question is: “Can she also see us?” The film follows Lyoshka on his journey to the U.S. in search for an answer from this blonde girl he has fallen for. Every place it reaches internet connection generates longings for other lives. A modest story of self-discovery that unfolds resonating a specific feeling of time and space and depicts the ethnographic characteristics of Yupik people