After many years, Hitman has the chance to see Marco, his best friend. This time, however, he has orders to kill him. He hasn’t seen him since the Italian Liberation years, but it feels as if they’ve always been together. They are two sides of the same country, one facing the future, the other the past. But the past resurfaces from the shadows, determined to drag the future down with it.
Hleb Papou (1991), born in Belarus, has been living in Italy since 2003. He graduated in Directing from the Centro Sperimentale in 2017 with his graduation short film Il Legionario, which was presented at the Venice Film Festival’s International Critics' Week in 2017 and included in the Future Frames program at the 2018 Karlovy Vary Film Festival.
In 2021, his debut feature film Il Legionario (based on the short of the same name) premiered at the Locarno Film Festival in the Cineasti del presente section, where Hleb won the award for Best Emerging Director. Produced by Clemart srl, the film was released in Italian cinemas in February 2022 and was nominated for the Nastro d’Argento for Best Debut.
In 2024, Hleb was selected for Berlinale Talents and made two short films, including Fellini, presented in competition at Alice nella Città 2024 in Rome and Lettera di un sicario, a found footage short film produced by Aamod.
Meanwhile, Hleb is working on his second feature film with Clemart srl.
