Taste of Freedom (2024)
A young girl, cook Varia, loses her job because no one needs her haute cuisine in a roadside café. Sweet, energetic, witty – she runs as far away from home as possible in search of realization! But an unexpected discovery – a book by the forgotten legend of Ukrainian cuisine Olha Franko changes her life forever and inspires her to go local, instead of trendy!
Director: Oleksandr Berezan
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Iryna Kudashova as Varvara Rudyk |
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Irma Vitovska as Olha Franko |
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Tomasz Sobczak as Chef Mikolai |
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Tetiana Malkova as Sous-Chef Lesia |
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Kostiantyn Temliak as Taras |
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Rymma Zyubina as Varvara's Mother |
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Dmytro Surzhykov as Restaurant's Owner |
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Svetlana Zolotko as Mrs. Rymma |
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Diana Kuzminova as Waitress Zoriana |
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Roman Yakymchuk as Waiter Yura |
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Pavlo Li as Cook Phil |
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Vadim Kutsenok as Cook Harik |
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Viktor Storozhenko as Cook Sashko |
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Jamala as Jamala |
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Vitalii Hordiienko as Waiter |
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Вікторія Маремуха-Бєллє as Blogger |
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Alla Kostromichova as |
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Andrii Titov as |
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Orest Ohorodnyk as |
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Evgenia Myakenka as |
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Oleksandr Chesherov as |
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Vladyslav Dmytrenko as |
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Yaroslav Bezkorovainyi as |
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Володимир Губанов as |
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Petro Mykytiuk as |
| Directing | Oleksandr Berezan | Director |
| Camera | Yevhenii Usanov | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Kateryna Kotomenko | Second Assistant Director |
| Writing | Oleksandra Vitiazieva | Writer |
| Writing | Olena Morentsova-Shulyk | Writer |
| Production | Artem Denysov | Producer |
| Sound | Nadiia Odesiuk | Original Music Composer |