The world has been ravaged by a deadly virus. Faced with losing everything, young Marko must leave the familiar safety of the forest where he lives and journey alone through a shattered world, shrouded in silence and overtaken by the Infected and the conflict-torn remnants of humanity…
Director Vardan Tozija will present and Q&A.
Grimmfest Says: Not to be confused with the classic 1931 Fritz Lang film of the same name, Vardan Tozija’s harrowing, heartbreaking post-apocalyptic fable tells the story of a young boy’s quest to discover what remains of humanity, amid a world of marauding, plague-carrying undead.
Imagine Mark Twain and Cormac McCarthy collaborating on a version of THE WALKING DEAD, with Huckleberry Finn as the hero, and you might have some idea of what to expect. It’s a film which eschews sentiment and tempers its moments of hope and transcendence with moments of stark horror and desperation; a film about the loss of childhood innocence, and the sustaining nature of childhood dreams, the myths and fairytales that see us through in times of darkness. This is viscerally powerful, emotionally shattering filmmaking, in the tradition of such previous Grimmfest hits as TIGERS ARE NOT AFRAID & VESPER. Be warned: it will break you.
Part of our TERROR IN THE TREES strand.