Larysa Kadochnikova. The War

Documentary · 2023

Larysa Kadochnikova is a screen legend of Ukrainian cinema who played Marichka in Serhii Paradzhanov’s Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors. On 24 February 2022, when Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, she refused to evacuate and stayed in Kyiv during the offensive. The film tells the story of her life in those dire times. The story of a new reality where the past, the present, the future, memories, meditations, and dreams intertwine as the war goes on…

Starring

Larysa Kadochnykova, Olena Demianenko, Dmytro Tomashpolskyi, Oleh Mykhailiuta, Serhiy Trymbach, Dmytro Tomashpolskyi, Dmytro Tomashpolskyi, Oksana Tokman

Director

Dmytro Tomashpolskyi

Producer

Olena Demianenko