The Return

Dec 17, 2023

0h 32m

★ 10.0

Overview

Nikita is a student from the Kharkiv region who lives in Kyiv with his boyfriend Serhiy. His relationship with his religious mother is hideous due to her adverse treatment of his son’s sexuality, which has led him to abandon his faith in God. Nikita quarrels with her on his birthday because she sent him his cross pendant and asked the son to return to “the right path”. The next day, on February 24th of 2022, the couple wakes up from explosions and news about the beginning of a full-scale war with russia. Nikita realizes he can’t reach his mother by phone anymore.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts

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Cast

Nikita

Kostiantyn Shakhman

Serhiy

Pavlo Kochubei

Ilona

Kseniia Berkuta

Borya

Rustamdzhon Dzhurakulov

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