Short synopsis : After the critically acclaimed Tesnota and Beanpole, Kantemir Balagov returns with BUTTERFLY JAM, a story about a father and a son, a film about brutality and tenderness, and the difficult journey into manhood.

Long synopsis : 15-year-old Pyteh lives in New Jersey’s Circassian community where his father and aunt run a diner specializing in Circassian cuisine. The business is struggling. When he’s not helping out in the restaurant, the boy is training to become a professional wrestler. After one of his father’s misguided schemes goes wrong, Pyteh must come to terms with the man his beloved father is - and isn’t - and finds himself confronted with a violence that will force him to grow up faster than he would like.

Crew

• Director(s): Kantemir Balagov

• Genre(s): Drama


• Production company: Why Not Production, AR Content, Goodfellas