In wartime Kyiv, Serhii, a young theatre director, meets Olena, a retired concierge leading an amateur troupe of the elderly. Across a fifty-year gap – on stage and off – they resist loneliness and abandonment, discovering an unexpected friendship in the fragile space between youth and death.

Genre
Documentary

Country
Ukraine, France

Duration
80 min

Format


Producers
Olha Tuharinova, Kshtalt Productions (Ukraine)

Co producer
Pauline Tran Van Lieu, Hutong Productions (France)

Broadcaster
Suspilne (Ukraine)

Support
Stichting Connected Foundation, Ukrainian Cultural Foundation, Tysiachovesna (Ukraine’s state cultural funding initiative)

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