Paul is preparing to leave Tajikistan, while thinking back on his adolescent years. His childhood, his mother's madness, the parties, the trip to the USSR where he lost his virginity, the friend who betrayed him and the love of his life.
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The people behind it
Quentin Dolmaire
Young Paul Dédalus
Lou Roy-Lecollinet
Esther
Mathieu Amalric
Paul Dédalus
Dinara Drukarova
Irina
Léonard Matton
William
Cécile Garcia-Fogel
Jeanne Dédalus
Irina Vavilova
M-me Sidorov
Françoise Lebrun
Rose
Olivier Rabourdin
Abel Dédalus
Elyot Milshtein
Marc Zylberberg
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Two lovers. One enamored by love. The other tortured by it.
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