A very touching look back on a collective childhood.

I was very intrigued by the basic plot of this documentary. A boy disappears that nobody seems to remember ... with one exception. 

It's a very thrilling idea that has many implications. Maybe there was a shift in reality, some forces unknown to us toggling between different parallel universes - or maybe Kopacka just had a very vivid imagination as a kid, coupled together with a feeling of being misunderstood and alienated. While the film openly implies all of these possibilities it actually goes into a different direction altogether. 

Kevin and his twin brother Raoul meet up with old childhood friends that they haven't seen for a seemingly very long time and together they visit different locations that were relevant to their youth. The film often showcases how - as a child - your restricted surroundings, ranging from a playground to a corn field or a river - is your entire universe. The only thing that changes as you get older, is that your small universe just gets a little bit bigger. But ultimately you'll always just be restricted by your personal experience. There are a lot of different points this movie touches upon. Memory and it's solipsistic implications is also an important factor. It's very amusing to hear the boys talk about all their different memories from childhood. Everyone seems to remember different things, like putting together fragments to a bigger puzzle. And while I am a few years older than the people in the movie, I couldn't help but smile many times, since a lot of the things being said really hit home for me. So, while the movie may be about a very personal childhood of a group of people who - it's actually an homage to all of our childhoods, all of our memories and all of the things we may have forgotten, that cease to exist because of it. A must see for everyone!

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