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Reflection

OT: Vidblysk

Valentyn Vasyanovych // Ukraine, 2021
Fiction Feature // FF2021
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Story

A story told in beautifully arranged tableaux about life after a catastrophe – a filmic reflection of a war that is still ongoing. Ukrainian surgeon Serhiy is taken prisoner in Eastern Ukraine by Russian forces. During his imprisonment, he experiences terrible scenes of humiliation, violence and indifference to human life. After his release, he returns to his tidy middle-class flat and tries to rebuild his relationships with his daughter and ex-wife. He relearns how to be a human who is there when he is needed.

Director

VALENTYN VASYANOVYCH (*1971) studied camera and documentary film-making at the University of Film in Kiev and direction at the Andrzej Wajda School in Warsaw. His internationally acclaimed debut Atlantis was shown in 2019 at FILMFEST HAMBURG.

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Vidblysk

Fiction Feature

Ukrainian

Veto!//FF2021


Ukraine

2021

126 min

OV with German subtitles

Valentyn Vasyanovych

Valentyn Vasyanovych

Roman Lutskiy, Nika Myslytska, Nadia Levchenko, Andriy Rymaruk, Ihor Shulha

Vladimir Yatsenko, Anna Sobolevska, Iya Myslytska, Valentyn Vasyanovych

Valentyn Vasyanovych

Serhiy Stepanskiy

Valentyn Vasyanovych

Vladlen Odudenko

Olena Harmanenko

New Europe Film Sales

Arsenal Films; ForeFilms

Ukrainian State Film Agency

Natalia Dabrowska, New Europe Film Sales: festivals@neweuropefilmsales.com

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Family & RelationshipSocietyViolenceWarEastern EuropeDeath & LossFather

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