FROM THE EDGE OF THE CITY

Hanging out in the neighborhood; going to night-clubs and brothels; wandering along the avenues that lead to the heart of the city; committing petty thefts and getting picked up by men at Omonia Square – these are all elements that seem to bind together this small group of Russian refugees, living in the town of Menidi outside Athens. They came from Kazakhstan a few years ago, and the truth is that they feel excluded in their new homeland, even though, as their leader Sasha says, the blood that runs through their veins is Greek. Fuelled by their adolescence and feeling adventurous, they venture out to conquer the city that spreads out before them so invitingly. However, their lives, their values, and the blood and family ties that unite them will collapse as soon as they come in contact with the merciless world they set out so eagerly to conquer from the edge of the city.