Vasyl lives in a remote Carpathian village, where he bears responsibility for the household and helps his mother with traditional coverlets fulling. One evening, his younger brother Ivan arrives unexpectedly at the family home. Ivan is a gay soldier who, before being deployed to a front-line position, wishes to discuss his last will. In the event of his death, he asks to be cremated by his partner in Kyiv, rather than laid to rest in the village soil where he was never truly accepted. This request stands in direct opposition to local traditions. Vasyl finds himself torn between honoring his brother’s final wish and conforming to what is considered morally and culturally right.
Crew
Khrystyna Braslavska
Director, Writer
Vasilisa Bezpalko
Editor
Artur Markitan
Director of Photography
Andriian Veremiienko
Colorist, Executive Producer
Dmytro Sukhetskyi
Assistant Director
Dmytro Sukholytkyi-Sobchuk
Executive Producer
Yevheniia Tsatsenko
Executive Producer
Iryna Honcharuk
Executive Producer
Stephan Skoropadsky
Executive Producer
Kseniya Mnykh
Producer
Nadiia Vasylyshyna
Line Producer, Script Supervisor
Maksym Bihus
Production Assistant, Boom Operator, Translator
Yustyna Ivanusa
Production Designer
Roman Havryliv
First Assistant Camera
Oleksandra Simenko
Second Assistant Camera
Yuliia Bondarchuk
Costume Assistant
Sofiia Lapsiuk
Makeup Artist
Kateryna Savytska
Sound
Volodymyr Vovk
Gaffer