Movie: I Did Not Want to Make a War Film

Top 10 Billed Cast

Illia Gladshtein
Illia Gladshtein

Self

Bogdan Kutsii
Bogdan Kutsii

Self

Olga Parfan
Olga Parfan

Self

Oksana Usachova
Oksana Usachova

Self

Nataliia Usachova
Nataliia Usachova

Self

Andrii Zinchenko
Andrii Zinchenko

Self

Kateryna Singurova
Kateryna Singurova

Self

Anton Singurov
Anton Singurov

Self

Ivan Singurov
Ivan Singurov

Self

Oleksandr Surovtsov
Oleksandr Surovtsov

Self

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    Я не хотіла робити фільм про війну

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    A full-scale invasion found the Kyiv director in a small Bedouin village in the Middle East. It was warm, safe, and unbearably far from home. Once the director had a prophetic dream. She decided to return to Kyiv, still the hostilities were unfolding. Despite the condemnation of relatives and the long journey, she finally managed to cross the threshold of her home. But the house itself has now become forever different.

  • Release Date

    2022-11-12

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    4

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