Chronicles of Fortinbras(2001)
A film performance based on the book of the same name by Oksana Zabuzhko, which explores the issue of gender stereotypes and totalitarian prohibitions of the past.
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A film performance based on the book of the same name by Oksana Zabuzhko, which explores the issue of gender stereotypes and totalitarian prohibitions of the past.
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2001-01-01
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