The Whaler Boy

Directed byPhilipp Yuryev

FIRST Screening

Cinema Ariston, Sestri Levante (via Eraldo Fico, 12) - SALA 1

24 May, 2021

H14.30

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The Whaler Boy

A young hunter sets off on a journey in search of a girl he saw on his computer.

Leshka, a 15-year-old boy, lives in an isolated place on the Bering Strait. Like most of the men in his village, he is a whale hunter. When Internet reaches his village, everything changes in his life. The appearance of a girl on a webcam site fascinates him. His mood changes as he sees this beautiful girl again and again and he decides to perform the bravest act of his life: to embark on a dangerous journey using nothing but a tiny fishing boat, crossing the raging waters of the Bering Strait to an unknown world to find his love.

The Whaler Boy

Release year: 2020
Cast: Vladimir Onokhov, Kristina Asmus
Directed by Philipp Yuryev
Genre Drama
Duration 93 minutes
Country Russia