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Don Juan from Zhashkiv

2024 · 90 min

A bittersweet, character-driven comedy-drama about messy relationships, with a light touch and a melancholic undertow.

Directed by
Viktor Butok
Genres
Comedy, Romance, Drama
Starring
Vyacheslav Babenkov, Nadiia Meikher, Roman Yasynovskyi
Overview
Zhenya Horobchik is a Kyiv photographer originally from Zhashkiv who is much loved by women. He is looking for a job, but accidentally finds a new love. Zhenya already has a wife and a son, and an ex-wife and a bunch of problems. He's torn between them and decides he'd rather be under a train than go on like this.

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Directed by
Viktor Butok
Genres
Comedy, Romance, Drama
Starring
Vyacheslav Babenkov, Nadiia Meikher, Roman Yasynovskyi
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 1 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • family
  • identity
  • betrayal
  • guilt
Places
  • big city
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour5
Realism8
Romance6
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
comedy, romance, drama
Directed by
Viktor Butok
Written by
Viktor Butok, Oksana Grytsenko, Vyacheslav Babenkov
Starring
Vyacheslav Babenkov, Nadiia Meikher, Roman Yasynovskyi, Vladyslav Baliuk, Dayana Kulbida, Natalia Kobizka, Antonina Khyzhniak, Mykhailo Khoma
Music
Andriy Ponomariov
Cinematography
Illya Mykhailus
Runtime
90 min
Country
Ukraine
Languages
Ukrainian

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