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As It Was

2023 · 15 min Drama
6.3 / 10 · TMDB

Lera has been living in Berlin for almost a year after the start of the war in Ukraine. Lera does not feel well in Berlin and makes an impulsive decision to go to Kyiv, for the first time during the war. On the way to Kyiv, she learns that her family is not in Kyiv, and will come only the next day. Therefore, she meets her friend Kyryl, with whom she spends the day, as she used to before the war. In the morning, Lera meets her mother and sister, and finally feels at home. But she still doubts whether she will stay in Kyiv or go back to Berlin.

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Original Title Як це було
Year 2023
Country Poland, Ukraine
Genre Drama
Director Anastasia Solonevych
Runtime 15 min.
Rating TMDB: 6.3/10 (8 votes)

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Director Anna Palienko constructs an intimate narrative, relying on minimalist cinematography and quiet yet loaded dialogue. She explores the internal rift between the safety of emigration and the pull of home, turning the journey and encounters into a metaphor for self-discovery.

What lingers after viewing is a quiet but piercing journey into the trauma of a generation forced to live between two realities. The film leaves a haunting sense of nostalgia for ordinary life stolen by war. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Anastasia Solonevych

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