The read
It runs a compact 1h 29m.
Synopsis
Five-year-old Vitka and her teenage cousin Larysa both yearn for a life beyond the archaic rules and restricting confines of their small, godforsaken Ukrainian village. Despite her family's staunch objections, Larysa falls wildly in love with Scar, a handsome ex-convict. Hoping to leave their troubled past behind, the two plot their escape. Scar agrees to take on a criminal job in the city. Larysa, meanwhile, fends off an arranged marriage and awaits his return.
Ratings
IMDb6.3/10
22 audience votes
Key crew
- Marysia NikitiukDirector
- Alexandar PejovskiOriginal Music Composer
- Marysia NikitiukScreenplay
- Mykyta MoiseievOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Anastasiia PustovitLarysa
- Sofia KhalaimovaVitka
- Maksym SamchykScar
- Maria SvizhinskaOstapivna
- Alla SamoilenkoTamara
- Yevhenii HryhorievKostik
- Petro PastukhovVityulya
- Mariia TrepikovaLenka
- Aelita NazarenkoNastya
- Volodymyr BezdomnikovYukhym
- Volodymyr DzhuraBurtya
- Oleksandr BalabanRybnadzor
Stills
Themes
symbolismcoming of agedomestic violencelittle girlwoman directorukrainian villageukrainian folkloretraumatized woman