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 Oleksa |
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Maksym Horay as Zhenka |
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Artem Vilbik as Ovsiy |
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Iryna Melnyk as Grandma Hanya |
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Olga Radchuk as Basya |
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Roland Mishko as Lyonchyk |
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Georgiy Deliev as Arno |
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Oleksiy Horbunov as Honcharov |
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Olena Bondareva-Repina as Honcharykha |
| Crew | Danyl Dedkov | Cinematography |
| Directing | Villen Novak | Director |
| Sound | Volodymyr Gronsky | Music |
| Writing | Yevgeni Mitko | Writer |