9-tas Zingsnis

Linas is slowly recovering from a long addiction. Ieva, his teenage daughter, who just moved in with him, hides her teenage angst with a growing passion for music. Her best friend Maya is looking for her first big love story. When the relationship between these three lost souls turns too intimate, traditional roles get mixed up and each of them has to face the very issues they have buried for too long. It is not only alcohol that Linas (Valentin Novopolskij) must circumvent, but also Maja’s sexual advances. She is a master of manipulation, objectifying him with her gaze, overbearing attentiveness and coy physical touches. In Alcoholics Anonymous program, the ninth of the twelve steps to recovery is "to make amends to those they harmed". Inspired by director Irma Pužauskaitė own struggle with addiction, THE 9TH STEP explores the impact of living with the disease and its repercussions on our connection with others.