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The Leading Role
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The Leading Role

Jan 1, 2016
1h 3m
★ 3.5

Overview

The film is about the director’s mother, the movie actress Nina Antonova. Now she is 80. She has had hundreds of roles – big and small. It is a personal story about an honest and sad life, about self-sacrifice and freedom. Real fame as an actress came to her only once in her life. It was the leading role in the first Soviet colour TV series Varka’s Land. That was 45 years ago…

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Ukrainian State Film Agency
Pronto Film

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Cast

Nina Antonova

Herself

Nina Antonova

Serhii Bukovskyi

Himself

Serhii Bukovskyi