Larysa Kadochnikova. The War (2023)
Larysa Kadochnikova is a screen legend of Ukrainian cinema who played Marichka in Serhii Paradzhanov’s Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors. On 24 February 2022, when Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, she refused to evacuate and stayed in Kyiv during the offensive. The film tells the story of her life in those dire times. The story of a new reality where the past, the present, the future, memories, meditations, and dreams intertwine as the war goes on…
Director: Dmytro Tomashpolskyi
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Larysa Kadochnykova as Self |
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Oleh Mykhailiuta as Self |
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Serhiy Trymbach as Self |
| Directing | Dmytro Tomashpolskyi | Director |
| Editing | Dmytro Tomashpolskyi | Editor |
| Camera | Dmytro Tomashpolskyi | Director of Photography |
| Production | Olena Demianenko | Producer |
| Production | Oksana Tokman | Executive Producer |