A walk to the pond. An event. Approaching the pond. Kiril’s mind moves in circles – always in circles. He enjoys a sun-filled day, swimming, chatting and getting inebriated with his friends, until blood seeps into the idyll. His girlfriend Celeste’s injury shatters his sense of time and space – consciousness itself becomes elusive. Where do the events involving Kiril and his friends truly begin? And did they ever actually reach the pond…

Gauja, one of the most promising Latvian film directors, misleads, disorients and intrigues with this modular narrative. Creating elliptical, time-bending distortions in a story about “limits of control,” the film brings together a new generation of Latvian artists on screen – Klāvs Kristaps Košins, Artūrs Čukurs, Elīza Dombrovska and others. In the director’s own words, “We hold our identities with great care. We polish, construct and we perform them. It is very important for ourselves, it is our foundation. But then sudden trauma or substance intoxication dissolves everything.” The film has been nominated for the National Film Award of Latvia award for Best Student Film.