Olha Havrysh

Svyat's grandmother recently died, leaving behind an old house with a barn. Despite the fear of liability, Svyat comes there to resolve a land ownership issue with a neighbor. But something in the barn makes the guy change his plans.

The sweet sleep of a couple is interrupted when they witness the beating of a young girl beneath the windows of their home. Now they try to preserve the calm of their warm bedroom while, outside, reality cracks and splinters — a reality better left untouched, because it will stink.

Yaroslav lives with his girlfriend in Kyiv and rarely calls his family in the temporarily occupied territory. For a short time, they gather in one house and try to make sense of the changes and tensions that have built up between their brief meetings.