In the darkest days of the Second World War, Yulia and Hugo, a Jewish mother and son, escape from a Ukrainian ghetto. Fearing for his safety, Yulia entrusts her boy to the care of her friend Mariana, a sex worker who lives in a brothel. Hugo is placed in a closet, nominally for his safety, but from which he rarely leaves. With little view of the outside world, he conjures up ghosts and scenarios. But over time, Mariana brings the boy out and in doing so transforms his life.
Cast
Mélanie Thierry
Mariana
Artem Kyryk
Hugo
Anastasia Fein
Nacha
Julia Goldberg
Yulia
Olena Khokhlatkina
Viktoria
Minou Monfared
Anna
Valerii Bartkovska
Ketty
Dorka Gryllus
Anna's Mother
Yona Rozenkier
Hugo's Father
Dima Savyan
Neighbour
Jacob Hagemeyer
The timid soldier
Nikola Tutek
The Caretaker / Concierge
Gábor Váradi
Drunken Nazi
András Bagoly
Man in Grave
Daria Chebanenko
Resident 4
Crew
Emmanuel Finkiel
Director, Screenplay
Aharon Appelfeld
Author
Denis Lenoir
Director of Photography
Marion Dehaene
First Assistant Director
András Hárskúti
Second Assistant Director
Christine de Jekel
Executive Producer
David Gauquié
Producer
Julien Deris
Producer
Jean-Luc Olivier
Line Producer
Alexis Champaud
Production Assistant
Yvett Rotscheid
Production Design
Lóránd Banner-Szûcs
Casting Director
Ralph Berkin
Casting Director
Ballay Kata
Casting Assistant
Beatrix Nemesházi
Extras Casting
Petra Mák
Key Costumer
Hélène Honhon
Assistant Costume Designer
Gaëtane Paulus
Assistant Costume Designer
Sandra Besnard
Assistant Costume Designer
Sosa Juristovszky
Costume Design
Levente Jókai
Costumer
Balázs S. Bognár
Assistant Art Director
Paul Heymans
Sound Editor
Antoine Mercier
Sound
Olivier Thys
Foley Artist
Istvan Horvath
Production Accountant
Corinne Dubien
Dialogue Editor
Nóra Talmaier
Set Decoration
Pierre Hugueny
Property Master
Mariore Manneville
Gaffer
Moussa Aouidat
Production Manager
Brigitta Karádi
Production Manager
Adrienn Antal-Fógel
Art Direction
Julia Antikova
Art Direction
Adam Berces
Art Direction
Julianna Cristescu
Art Direction
András Erdei
Graphic Designer
