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Glorious Revolution

2022 · 20 min

A quiet, heavy grief presses against grinding bureaucracy, leaving you saddened and quietly indignant at how the personal becomes political.

Directed by
Masha Novikova
Genres
Drama
Starring
Natalia Berezhnaya, Ilya Del, Kateryna Kisten
Overview
In 2014, at the height of the Ukrainian revolution, a mother loses her son who is killed while protesting in Independence Square. Her attempt to bury him as a hero clashes with a corrupt bureaucratic system, testing her view of Ukraine.

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Directed by
Masha Novikova
Genres
Drama
Starring
Natalia Berezhnaya, Ilya Del, Kateryna Kisten
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • corruption
  • politics
  • justice
  • parenthood
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour1
Realism7
Romance1
Tension5
Darkness7
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Masha Novikova
Written by
Masha Novikova, Matthew McHaffie
Starring
Natalia Berezhnaya, Ilya Del, Kateryna Kisten, Sergey Dzyalik, Vyacheslav Nikolenko, Dana Kuz, Oleksandr Melnyk
Cinematography
Pablo Garrido Carreras
Runtime
20 min
Country
Germany, Ukraine, United Kingdom
Languages
Ukrainian

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