David Lynch's first feature film transforms the nightmare of a young father into a hypnotic journey through corridors of fear and guilt. Black-and-white frames, industrial landscapes, and unsettling noise create a sense of a dream from which one cannot awaken, while the analysis by a film critic helps to reveal the hidden layers of the story. For many viewers, the encounter with early David Lynch becomes a test of endurance and curiosity at the same time. Instead of a coherent plot - a viscous nightmare, where the industrial city resembles a living organism, and the dim light of lamps highlights every crack in the walls and the souls of the characters. The main character, silent and repressed, suddenly finds himself responsible for a strange creature that is hard to call a child. His life is divided into "before" and "after," and this fracture is meticulously captured in every frame. Lynch uses minimal dialogue and maximum visual symbols. The hum of cars, creaking floors, mysterious shadows in the corner of the frame build a complex score of fear, loneliness, and parental anxiety. Before the viewer is not just a story about a mutated infant, but a fantasy about how a person confronts a responsibility they are unprepared for. What frightens is not the monster, but the thought that it has become an extension of the hero, his own reflection. In this reality, everyday details appear fantastic, while the fantastic seems alarmingly mundane. It is also important how the film works with the theme of family. Young parents, a neighbor on the landing, strange inhabitants of the surrounding space - all seem to exist on the edge between reality and the inner world of the hero. The viewer gradually notices how fragile the boundary is between love and fatigue, care and irritation, the desire to protect and the urge to flee far from the source of anxiety. The story is easily read as a parable about the fear of adult life, about the responsibility for another person, and about the attempt to preserve the remnants of oneself in a world where everything is collapsing. The screening at "Lenfilm" is complemented by an introductory word from film critic and author of the portal film.ru, Konstantin.