Why I'm Alive (2021)
Mariupol. Pre-war life in a small Ukrainian town on the shore of the Azov Sea, with a good family life, quarrelsome neighbors, amateur opera, denunciations to the NKVD, and a dance floor in the city garden, the persecution of religion and, of course, with love.
Director: Villen Novak
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Viktor Zhdanov as |
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Maksym Horay as |
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Artem Wilbik as |
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Iryna Melnyk as |
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Olga Radchuk as |
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Roland Mishko as Lyonchyk |
| Directing | Villen Novak | Director |
| Writing | Yevgeni Mitko | Writer |
| Crew | Danyl Dedkov | Cinematography |
| Sound | Volodymyr Gronsky | Music |