Behind the Wire

The story of young lives in the young offenders unit in Cēsis, Latvia. A place governed by its own codes and order, where unwritten rules are more powerful than the written word. In the making of the film, the production team witnessed a gamut of attitudes and emotions. Much can be understood from the gestures, facial expressions and actions of the boys. Secretive and uncommunicative, they are victims, yet perpetrators of crime. But still children.