Nine Month War

Jani 24 lives in a small town in Western Ukraine in the Hungarian minority He is an only child and his father died five years ago He is fed up with the boring life in his town and drowning in the love of Erzsike 45 his mother He gets his draftcall from the Ukrainian National Guard to fight the separatist He could sneak out of the country to escape the military service just like his fellows did but instead he chooses to go to the war 1500 km away why He is not a patriot He is not even Ukrainian Combining visuals of cinema verité and mobile footage of war Janis comingofage story unfolds throughout the nine months of military service and a few months after discharge