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Hanging out with friends, smoking a lot, spinning bottles and kissing, making mistakes, playing, refusing to accept, dreaming with open eyes - life as a teenager can be overwhelmingly beautiful and difficult at the same time. In her debut, the Ukrainian director composes a deeply emotional and multi-layered portrait of a generation whilst seamlessly flowing between the fictional and the documental.
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Hanging out with friends, smoking a lot, spinning bottles and kissing, making mistakes, playing, refusing to accept, dreaming with open eyes - life as a teenager can be overwhelmingly beautiful and difficult at the same time. In her debut, the Ukrainian director composes a deeply emotional and multi-layered portrait of a generation whilst seamlessly flowing between the fictional and the documental.
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Genre:Drama
Written By:Kateryna Gornostai
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Runtime:122 minutes
Studio:ESSE Production House, Ukrainian Cultural Foundation, Ukrainian State Film Agency, Magika Film
Cast
Kateryna Gornostai
Director
Maria Fedorchenko
Masha Chernykh
Arsenii Markov
Senia Steshenko
Yana Isaienko
Yana Bratiychuk
Oleksandr Ivanov
Sasha Hanskyi
Andrii Abalmazov
Andrii Klymyshyn
Rubin Abukhatab
Rubin Zhuravlov
Marharyta Astakhova
Margo Osipova
Oksana Babych
Oksana Herasymenko
Inna Belikova
Masha's mother
Sehiy Derevyanko
Masha's father
Marta Dolesko
Marta Belska
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