Blood ties can be broken, but they never disappear. A story about the search for a real father. A story about the search for a real son. The theme of broken or. broken blood ties is the everyday reality of many children and parents. Observing and examining the “resistance” of such ties against the background of the story of a father who abandoned and a son who was abandoned raises the question of whether it is possible to forgive. To forgive oneself, to forgive another.