Support material:.A teacher's guide is available on request. Agency:.Co-produced by aiF Studio, the NFB and Ceska Televize with the financial assistance of Leciva a.s., Magistrat hlavniho mesta Prahy, Canadian Heritage, UNICEF International, Premiere Medien GmbH & Co.KG., Télé-Québec and TFO - TVOntario.

Director, Bretislav Pojar, Ivan Vit ; producer, Michal Podhradsky, Thérèse Descary ; script, Bretislav Pojar ; camera, Ivan Vit ; editing, Vera Benesova ; sound editing, Vera Benesova ; animation, Alfons Mensdorff-Pouilly, Frantisek Vasa ; music, Jiri Chlumecky.

Recorded 1997.

On summer vacation a young teenager finds himself hanging out alone on the streets of his neighbourhood, all his friends having gone to the country with their parents. Near his home he meets a disturbing character, a drug pusher looking for clients, who introduces him to an artificial paradise. The teenager discovers a seductive and terrifying world that frequently draws him back to his neighbour. To buy the drug, he empties his piggybank, pawns his favourite possessions and finally goes into his mother's purse where he finds her wallet empty. The pusher is unscrupulous. Unable to pay, the young teenager lets himself be persuaded into committing a theft. The duo is surprised by the police, but the boy manages to escape. The incident leads to a bad trip, which ultimately has a salutary effect on him. An animated film without words for twelve to seventeen year olds.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Award for Most Inspirational Short film or Video - given by the Youth Jury (Ages 13 +), 1999 Chris Award - Category: Health and Medicine , 1998 Giffoni Film Festival Award - for the Rights from the Heart Series (3 parts) for all-round constant creative achievement and artistic integrity in the cinema, 1997

Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2023-08-10).