Her name was Persephone

Jun 8, 2025

0h 4m

★ 10.0

She enters a corridor with two doors: one leads to the stage, the other — to the unknown.

Overview

In a young actress sitting in a hospital office, we recognize a youthful Persephone. She is facing surgery that may become the final act of her personal play. By signing the consent form, the doctor, Hades, stamps the paper with a seal shaped like an obelisk — the coin given to souls in Greek mythology for their passage to the underworld. This gesture symbolizes the fatality of her decision.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Kyiv National I. K. Karpenko-Karyi Theatre, Cinema and Television University

Dmytro Tomashpolskyi's workshop "Centaurs"

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Cast

Persephone

Maria Irchak

Hades

Heorhii Pliiev

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Her name was Persephone

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