The bruising life of a Roma teen takes on shades of Hamlet in this poignant humanist drama spliced with moments of magical realism. Sensitive Adam (14) tries to be the man of the house after his father is found dead. But his road to maturity becomes increasingly complicated when his mother marries his shady uncle Zigo and his father starts to pay him ghostly visits, providing surprising scraps of information. Zigo’s “stick it to whitey” attitude spells trouble for Adam when Zigo involves him in his illegal schemes. Moreover, it puts him at odds with another father figure, the philanthropic parish priest. Marking an important subject for Central Europe where the Roma are maligned and marginalized, the script illustrates their outsider status without being didactic or naive.