A mother walks into a party. The men came shopping for love. She came desperate for escape.
Living in war-torn Eastern Ukraine Anna is an aging single mother who is desperate for a change. Lured by a radio advertisement, she goes to party with a group of American men who are touring the country, searching for love.
Acting
Barandich's face holds entire novels of unspoken calculation.
Direction
Berenson shoots parties like war zones — same tension, different weapons.
Editing
Fifteen minutes that feel like hours. That's the point.
Director
Dekel Berenson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in 2018, the film became prophetic: Russian invasion made its economic desperation even more inescapable for Ukrainian women.
Berenson cast actual party 'tourists' as background — the men's awkward authenticity is partly documentary. Anna's guarded performance was Barandich protecting herself from them.
UA
GB
