I went in blind, I thought this was a silly animated film about the titular character becoming friends with a talking flea or something but I was totally off... this is actually a heartbreaking real life documentary about the cruelty of war, a family being torn apart, human trafficking, refugees, and a lifetime of struggling with PTSD in a somewhat animated format. Those are terrifying themes but it felt like I was thrown into this sad story way too suddenly, this film demands you cry after 10 minutes into the movie and then every ten minutes after that until the very end. Not gonna happen without establishing the characters first or giving us a semblance of happiness before depression hits.

Another problem is the fact that this is animated, like why? It's ugly animation anyway! There's no depth to the faces of the animated characters, how am I supposed to connect with those faces and feel something? The sound and voices are recorded like a live action with echoes in the room and unfiltered sound which is really weird mixed with the animation. The voices don't match with the animated lips either. The inclusion of real life footage is jarring in contrast to the animation as well. A lot of the time I wished I could see the actual person telling this story behind the camera instead of the animation because the voices sound sincere.

Overall a harrowing real life story with great potencial on paper held back by it's own creative choices and visuals. Would be better as a podcast.