Born again

All his life, Vladas has felt pushed away by his mother. To get her attention, he tries to commit suicide but fails and is found unconscious. He is then brought to the hospital. His grandfather, being the only person that Vladas feels loved by, warns him to cherish the life he has been given.

At night, Vladas runs away from home. He settles in a corridor, located in a block of flats. His new friends, Aurelijus and Raminta, convince Vladas to overcome his fear of needles by piercing his ear. Later on they are led to a lifestyle of crime and consume abusive substances until the inevitable happens – Aurelijus demands a concerned Vladas to inject heroin directly into the vein to save money. This leads Vladas into becoming a drug addict.

Vladas is found by a gang of thugs who try to kill him because of a box of tools that he had stolen. The leader of the gang calls Vladasʼs mother hoping to get a ransom, but she herself tells them to kill her son. Feeling lost, the men let Vladas go. Vladas climbs on the roof of a block of flats and considers to commit suicide again. As he turns his head, he sees a couple holding each other in the distance. Vladas resolves to come back to his mother thinking she might still love him. Yet, his mother does not let him in and tells Vladas to go kill himself. Vladas is feeling hopeless. He sits in the fields next to a cross and starts a conversation with his Consciousness. He feels comforted and is reminded about his beloved grandfather.

Vladas comes to his grandfather for help. His grandfather takes him to a rehabilitation center where Vladas is helped with his addiction and finds God. After some time, Vladas receives a letter from his mother. In the letter she describes how happy she is that his life has changed and congratulates him being “born again”.