Larysa Kadochnikova. The War (2023)

Name: Larysa Kadochnikova. The War
Director: Dmytro Tomashpolskyi
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2023
Cast: Larysa Kadochnykova, Oleh Mykhailiuta, Serhiy Trymbach

1h 10m IMDb

Documentary

Larysa Kadochnikova is a screen legend of Ukrainian cinema who played Marichka in Serhii Paradzhanov’s Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors. On 24 February 2022, when Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, she refused to evacuate and stayed in Kyiv during the offensive. The film tells the story of her life in those dire times. The story of a new reality where the past, the present, the future, memories, meditations, and dreams intertwine as the war goes on…