Behind the wheel of a stolen Audi neither is old enough to drive, 15-year-old skinhead Mára and overweight 12-year-old Hedus barrel across the wintry back roads of the Czech Republic in this beguiling and bittersweet road movie. We know from the outset that their adventures, which include the rescue of a drowning dog and the addition of a cute young hitchhiker, will land them in a provincial police station. There, Mára, under interrogation, will shamelessly exaggerate his criminal prowess and discover that the adult world is more cunning and cruel than he is. Olmo Omerzu won the Best Director prize at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival for his charming but unsentimental portrait of kids taking their adult identities out for a test drive. The two young stars had never acted before, and they imbue their roles with a dyed-in-the-wool authenticity.

In competition for the FIPRESCI Award.