A series of odd coincidences has left Lukas, an interpreter for an OSCE military checkpoint inspection tour, stranded near a small southern Ukrainian steppe town. With nowhere to turn, this city boy finds shelter at the home of a colorful local named Vova. With Vova as his guide, Lukas is confronted by a universe beyond his imagination, one in which life seems utterly detached from any identifiable structure. Fascinated by his host and his host's daughter Marushka, with whom he is rapidly falling in love, Lukas’s contempt for provincial life slowly melts away and sets him on a quest for a happiness he had never known could exist. (Roman Bondarchuk, Ukraine/Germany, 2018, 106 min.) In Ukrainian with English subtitles
Followed by a Q&A with Yuliya V. Ladygina, Helena Rubinstein University Endowed Fellow in the Humanities, Assistant Professor of Russian and Global Studies, Penn State University and Roman Strakovsky, co-founder of Philly Stands With Ukraine
Presented as part of the Modern Ukraine Film Series screening throughout the Philadelphia area. Proceeds from this event will go to Revived Soldiers Ukraine: https://www.rsukraine.org/