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• coming of age
• survival
• earnest
• adult

Every year, approximately 48,000 children end up in orphanages. Some find families, others remain in the orphanage until they reach adulthood, and only then set out on their own. But how can you become independent in the adult world without an adult? How do you manage your daily life if you don't know one? How do you find work and save money? And what about finding friends and love? Psychologists, foundation leaders, and the children themselves will discuss the subtle difficulties, stereotypes, and adaptation outside of orphanages. This film is an inside look at the problem of orphanhood in Russia—the perspective of people who are tackling it right now.