Soviet Ukraine, the 1930s. American engineer Michael Shamrock arrives in Kharkiv with his ten-year-old son, Peter to help "build socialism". He falls in love with an actress Olga who has another admirer, Commissar Vladimir. Under tragic circumstances, the American is killed and his son is saved from his pursuers by a blind bard (kobzar). With no other chance to survive in a foreign land, the boy becomes his guide.
Director: | Oles Sanin |
Producer: | Maxim Asadchiy, Igor Savychenko, Oles Sanin |
Director of photography: | Serhiy Mykhalchuk |
Scriptwriter: | Oles Sanin, Alexander Irvanets, Irene Rozdobudko |
Cast: | Stanislav Boklan, Jeff Burrell, Anton Sviatoslav Greene, Oleksandr Kobzar, Jamala, Iryna Sanina |
Аwards: | 2014 - Warsaw International Film Festival - Grand Prix - nominated |