Stop-Zemlia

Jan 20, 2022

2h 2m

★ 6.1

If you don't dare, you'll never know.

Overview

Hanging out with friends, smoking a lot, spinning bottles and kissing, making mistakes, playing, refusing to accept, dreaming with open eyes - life as a teenager can be overwhelmingly beautiful and difficult at the same time. In her debut, the Ukrainian director composes a deeply emotional and multi-layered portrait of a generation whilst seamlessly flowing between the fictional and the documental.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

ESSE Production House

Ukrainian Cultural Foundation

Ukrainian State Film Agency

Magika Film

Stop-Zemlia Trailers

Cast

Masha Chernykh

Maria Fedorchenko

Senia Steshenko

Arsenii Markov

Yana Bratiychuk

Yana Isaienko

Sasha Hanskyi

Oleksandr Ivanov

Andrii Klymyshyn

Andrii Abalmazov

Rubin Zhuravlov

Rubin Abukhatab

Margo Osipova

Marharyta Astakhova

Oksana Herasymenko

Oksana Babych

Masha's mother

Inna Belikova

Masha's father

Sehiy Derevyanko

Marta Belska

Marta Dolesko

Self

Kateryna Gornostai

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