A 23-minute gut-punch about love, fear, and the baby bombshell nobody rehearses for.
Happy newlyweds Ida and Jura are expecting a child. Ida suddenly finds out that the child will be special. She is unsure of how Jura will react when he learns the news, or what life with an extraordinary child will bring.
Acting
Kyrylova's silent panic speaks paragraphs.
Cinematography
Bleak Ukrainian winter = emotional prison.
Writing
23 minutes, zero wasted frames.
Director
Myroslava Klochko
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ukraine's disability rights movement remains underdeveloped; prenatal screening is routine but support systems are not.
Klochko shot this during an actual Kyiv winter, using available light only—those grey skies are documentary, not aesthetic choice.
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