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An essay-style account of the war from the perspective of three generations of women - those of the director, her mother, and that of her grandmother. Originally from Donetsk - an industrial city in eastern Ukraine - the family was uprooted in 2014 when the Russian war against Ukraine first commenced. By 2022, the same enemy once again began knocking on the door of their new home -which was now in Kyiv- and once again destroyed everything that the family had worked so hard to rebuild. Thrown into the limbo of exile, the director (she is also the narrator of the film) dives into a kaleidoscope of memories and chronicles both her personal and collective familial search for something to hold on to amid these turbulent times.
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Salir con amigos, fumar mucho, girar botellas y besarse, cometer errores, jugar, negarse a aceptar, soñar con los ojos abiertos: la vida de un adolescente puede ser abrumadoramente hermosa y difícil al mismo tiempo. En su debut, la directora ucraniana compone un retrato profundamente emotivo y de múltiples capas de una generación mientras fluye sin problemas entre la ficción y el documental.
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Based on the same name book, representing that the war has no heart and doesn't understand any language, though it concerns everyone and leaves scars. But if you build a machine of light together and learn to sing despite all, then even the most fragile creatures will be able to survive and win. This story is a chance for a thoughtful conversation with children about what is happening now in the country, or elsewhere in the world, in the format of the magic history, which always leaves room for hope and optimism.
