This film is more of a finely detailed character sketch, about a cocky kid who becomes a hero almost by accident.

Peren, who wrote and directed “The Forger,” subtly draws out these conflicted characters one by one.

Peren is clever to favor mischief against a backdrop of gloom, but in doing so she draws a frustrating distance between her subject and the audience.

A ‘little piece of art’ that can be enjoyed, felt and learnt from.