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202340 minPGdocumentary

Clouds Are Like People

202340 minPGdocumentary

A teenager in Kamchatka faces the end of summer and the impending move to a correctional boarding school that will become his new home.

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Evgenia Leushkina

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A teenager in Kamchatka faces the end of summer and the impending move to a correctional boarding school that will become his new home.

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Evgenia Leushkinadirector

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Zhenya Myshkin spends his summer in Kamchatka, living with a foster family. He enjoys the freedom of the season, lying by the river and writing poems. As autumn approaches, he faces a significant change. Zhenya prepares for a move to a correctional boarding school, where he will begin a new chapter in his life. The documentary runs for 40 minutes.

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