to be reunited with the father they’ve only known from a faded photograph, but they soon strain under the weight of their dad's awkward and increasingly brutal efforts to make up for a missing decade of parental supervision. Ivan and Andrey find themselves alternately tested, scolded, scrutinized, and ignored by the man through a changing series of encounters and hardships. Andrey seems to look up to his father while Ivan remains sceptic. As truck stops and cafés give way to rain-swept ...