Ja, Andrei Iwanowitsch

The hero of the film is an ordinary person whose name is Andrei. He goes to work, he travels, he helps his neighbors, he lives an active love life. But there is something that makes him stand out. If looking closer we understand that he seems to possess the recipe for eternal and fulfilling life, although fate tested him very hard. When he was 15 years old he was deported to the Buchenwald concentration camp, he survived and didn’t give up even in post-war years when one after the other of his family tragically died. The canny way he masters his everyday life is contrasted with his tough life story. Now being 92 years, he is on his own but completely happy. (Orlando Film Festival)