“A goldfish named Herman Hesse”
Seven-year-old orphan Mika lives in the city with her grandfather. Wherever they go, people are charmed by the odd couple. Until embittered top model Dayana lays her eye on the little girl, who carries an amiable purity. The lives of both ladies – big and small – suddenly take a new turn, for better or worse. MIKA by young director Aldan Baimakhanov (Kazakhstan) bears the signature of a director who observes the little things of life full of wonder, with a great sense of absurdity…