Searching for a father

 

VO

00:03 Last time I saw my dad, I was five years old.

One day, he just disappeared.

Mom said he was on an expedition to the South Pole.

I missed him a lot.

Every day I would wait for him to come home and tell me stories about live on the bottom of the world.

Now I’m grown up I shoot the stories that my father never told me.

 

Vlog 1. (Snow Desert.)

 

(whirling in the dance and then stopping)

00:25 I'm getting ready to go to the South Pole.

To avoid freezing it is necessary to first- warm your shoes like this, second - to toughen yourself every day, third - drink more water.

 

Chinese News restaurant (interview)

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0:55 I made the decision to take this trip on a special day.

A couple of weeks ago I came here, to the Chinese News restaurant on Patryarchy Ponds.

I like to come here to do some work.

I ordered myself  my favourite Tsingtao beer, as usual. 

I like the unique flavour.

And you know what I found?

A girl from China had left a message.

She said she had left a bottle of Tsingtao beer at the Polar Bar in Ushuaia Port, Argentina  for some lucky traveler to pick up before arriving at the South Pole.

 

01:35 I don’t believe in chance events.

 I decided this was a special sign for me.

 I couldn’t wait any longer to make this journey.

So I bought a ticket.

 

Vlog 2.

01:49 I never called anyone "daddy". 

To me there was an emptiness in this word.

Would I have grown up differently if my parents had been together?

Would we have family traditions like a normal family?

Maybe Sunday we would have pizza and watch a movie together.

 

Kitchen.

Live The heroine and mother are cooking sweet chicken salad

 

02:22 Heroine

Mom, tell me a story.

 

Mother

Did you know that when you were little you loved to explore everything?

 

Heroine

The same as dad.

 

Mother
You’re lucky you have such a nice mother.

 
Heroine
Yes

 

Interviews

Mother

02:41 She tells me - “Mommy, everyone talks about their parents, what should I say?

Where is my daddy?”

And I told her without thinking - he is at the South Pole. I thought it was important for a girl to know she has a good father. This is important for everyone, but especially for girls. Because women choose a husband in the image of their father.

 

03:13 So I hope she can have a good image.

In reality, we used to argue a lot. I think for Valeria it is better to imagine an ideal father who is far away.

If we lived together, it would be tough on her,  psychological.

 

Heroine

03:37 Mama always tried to give me everything I could need. 

That’s why she worked so hard.

So I came back home from school by myself, solved my own problems.

 When I woke up - mom was gone.

When I went to sleep - mom had not come back.  

 

03:50 When I found out dad was on the South Pole I made it a goal to find him.

 That’s what my video blog was for.

 But at some point I started to make videos just for the sake of it.

And I stopped doing anything to find my father.

 

04:06 That’s when I started to receive comments saying my words didn’t mean anything,

That I wasn’t actually going to go anywhere.

People said my video blog was pointless.

And I started to ask myself if they were right.

But I won’t give up my goal.

 

04:16 Maybe I will relaunch my video blog some day.

But at this point I think it is better not to upload anything.

Later, when I see my father, I will upload a video with him.   

 

Vlog 3 (Taxi)

04:35 Dad, I don’t know you. 

But mom tells me how we are similar.

How I have same character,  the same eyes.

 

04:49 I want to know, do you ever think about me?  

Did you ever think I would come to find you like this?

And what I would say?

I wonder if I’m doing things the right way.

 

Airport

05:13  “Thanks for the offer of the Tsingtao beer.

 I am flying to Ushuaia to pick it up at the Polar Bar.

 From there I will head on to the South Pole to see my father.”