Yasha is a typical teenager: keen on rock, or even better punk, looking for first love, with rage in his belly, testosterone in his blood, and the future on his mind. He wants the latter to be better than it currently is, here on his home-town's prefab housing estates: New York is part of the plan. And Yasha has already burned his bridges before he's even reached the other side of the pond. He's bullied by his classmates: as an outsider, foreigner, cosmopolitan, and Jew. When his father tells him that the USA is no longer an option and that he'll have to stay in the city that offers him neither home nor protection, he snaps.
Text: Bernd Buder
Supporting film for NEW TIME, NEW LUCK (Haim Tchelet, IL 1991, 56 min)