King Lear: How We Looked for Love During the War

05/03/2023

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1hr 31min

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Documentary

STORY

Due to the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, tens of thousands of Ukrainians, fleeing the war, found refuge in Uzhhorod in western Ukraine. The local director decides to attract non-professional actors -displaced people - in bringing his dream into life - to stage the King Lear play. The theatrical performance helps them find themselves and their purpose in a new world where there is war, and the director finds an answer to the eternal question of what love is and why this world should not perish.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

    Director

  • Dmytro Hreshko

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • UP UA STUDIO

    Production Countries

  • Ukraine

LANGUAGES

  • English
  • Russian
  • Ukrainian

Cast

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