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Feature film — 2021

Why I'm Alive (2021)

7.72h 0mHistory — Drama — Romance

Mariupol. Pre-war life in a small Ukrainian town on the shore of the Azov Sea, with a good family life, quarrelsome neighbors, amateur opera, denunciations to the NKVD, and a dance floor in the city garden, the persecution of religion and, of course, with love.

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A high-signal pick with 3 votes.

Odesa Film Studio / Ukrainian State Film Agency / Ministry of Culture of Ukraine

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Director: Villen Novak

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Cast & crew

Viktor Zhdanov as Oleksa

Viktor Zhdanov

Oleksa

Maksym Horay as Zhenka

Maksym Horay

Zhenka

Artem Vilbik as Ovsiy

Artem Vilbik

Ovsiy

Iryna Melnyk as Grandma Hanya

Iryna Melnyk

Grandma Hanya

Olga Radchuk as Basya

Olga Radchuk

Basya

Roland Mishko as Lyonchyk

Roland Mishko

Lyonchyk

Georgiy Deliev as Arno

Georgiy Deliev

Arno

Oleksiy Horbunov as Honcharov

Oleksiy Horbunov

Honcharov

Olena Bondareva-Repina as Honcharykha

Olena Bondareva-Repina

Honcharykha

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