A story about the post-revolutionary generation of young Ukrainian people looking for their place in a modern Ukraine. Two bewildered people meet at a crucial moment in their existence and experience a few days of happiness together.
Cinematography
Ukrainian landscapes that breathe with unspoken longing.
Acting
Plakhtiy and Seletskyi's fragile, lived-in chemistry.
Direction
Stepanska's patient, unsentimental gaze at intimacy.

Director
Maryna Stepanska
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot amid real 2016 Kyiv tensions; the film captures a generation suspended between Soviet collapse and uncertain European future.
Stepanska's directorial debut after years as a documentarian; the non-professional leads were found through open casting in Kyiv cafes.