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Towards the end of World War II, people in big cities are at the mercy of air raids and starvation. A desperate young mother leaves her 13-year-old twin sons at their grandmother`s house in the country, despite the fact that this grandmother is a cruel alcoholic. Previously pampered, the twins must learn how to survive alone in their new, rural surroundings. They realize that the only way to cope with the absurd and inhumane world of adults and war is to become completely unfeeling and merciless. Based on the bestselling novel by Agota Kritóf.