Protect the ones you love
On the edge of a crumbling city, 11-year-old Alexander lives in a sequestered commune alongside other children, their mothers, and charismatic leader, Gregori. Gregori teaches the children how to raise livestock, grow vegetables, work as a community - and how to kill. With the birth of a new baby brother weighing on his mind, Alexander begins to question Gregori’s overpowering influence on the children and their training to become assassins. Threatened by his increasing unwillingness to fall in line, Gregori’s behavior turns erratic and adversarial toward the child he once considered a son. With the two set dangerously at odds and the commune’s way of life disintegrating, the residents fear a violent resolution is at hand.
Ariel Kleiman
Director
Daniel Lopatin
Original Music Composer
Sarah Cyngler
Writer
Ariel Kleiman
Writer
Germain McMicking
Director of Photography
Sarah Shaw
Producer
Anna McLeish
Producer
Vincent Cassel
Gregori
Nigel Barber
Karaoke Detective
Jeremy Chabriel
Alexander
Florence Mezzara
Susanna
Sosina Wogayehu
Penelope
Timothy Styles
Gary
Katalin Hegedus
Magdalena
Daniel Vernikovski
Andre
Zsofia Stavropoulos
Bella
Kai Caster
Alexander (uncredited)
