About the title
18 kilohertz is a sound frequency that adults cannot hear. The film tells the story of the realities faced by teenagers in Kazakhstan in the late nineties, during the heroin boom in Almaty. This story reveals one of the many facets of the conflict that leads to a child's estrangement from their family. What makes a teenager trade the comfort and warmth of home for the romance of the asphalt streets of a cold concrete city?