When the Trees Fall
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| Directed by | Marysia Nikitiuk |
| Written by | Marysia Nikitiuk |
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| Country | Ukraine |
| Language | Ukrainian |
When the Trees Fall (Ukrainian: «Коли падають дерева», romanized: Koly padaiut dereva) is a 2018 Ukrainian film written and directed by Marysia Nikitiuk. It has been listed as among the best modern Ukrainian films.
Set in the small Ukrainian city of Lozova, the film centers on a five-year-old girl, Vitka, and her older cousin, Larysa, who is in love with a criminal.[1] The story of a five-year-old little rebellious girl Vitka with her teenage cousin Larysa and her boyfriend, the young criminal Scar unfolds in a Ukrainian provincial setting. Larysa finds herself at a crossroads after the death of her father. Yearning to be self-made, the village community ostracizes her for loving Scar. Larysa discovers her grandmother once sacrificed her love for a young gypsy abandoning him for traditional values and other people's opinions. Larysa's mother is too psychologically weak to support her daughter. Larysa and Scar plan to escape from a life of crime, misery and their relatives. But are they ready to pay the full price for freedom?
Cast
- Anastasiya Pustovit as Larysa
- Sofia Halaimova as Vitka
- Maksym Samchyk as Scar
Production
The film was made after Nikitiuk won the Krzysztof Kieslowski Script Award for Best Film Script from Central and Eastern Europe at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2016. The prize was accompanied with a €10,000 production grant.[2] Her winning script would become When the Trees Fall.[2][3]