(Es esmu šeit)

Winner of a Crystal Bear in the youth section of the Berlin Film Festial, this sad semi-tragic feature debut ofRenārs Vimba delves into the intimate and absorbing portrait of adolescence. Superbly acted by gifted first-timer Elina Vaska. After the death of their father, 17-year-old Raya (Vaska) and her little brother are placed in the custody of their paternal grandmother Olga, who lives in a small, tucked-away cottage in rural Latvia. When Raya returns home to find Olga dead, she decides to bury the body, without reporting it to the police. She engages herself in a relationship with her English teacher who dumps her afterwards, and she looks for her estranged mother in London who gives her money and tells her to go back and take care of her brother, which she does.It's somewhat depressing seeing a child taken advantage of by her school teacher and nothing done about it. If it hapeened here in Canada, that teacher would be barred his entire life from teaching.