71SSIFF - 22/30 September 2023
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Ya, Nina / Lucky Girl

Marysia Nikitiuk
Ukraine - Germany      107 m.
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Ya Nina / Lucky Girl is a realistic drama based on true events: the sudden change of life experienced by successful TV star Nina following cancer diagnosis and the loss of her arm. The storyline takes the main character from the highest peak of her beautiful life to the darkest place possible. Nina discovers a whole new world, a world she doesn’t accept but is forced to live in. Finally, she loses all hope of recovery and rejects treatment after the death of one of her friends, also a cancer patient. But the love of those closest to her will convince her to fight for her life and to accept experimental treatment.

Director
Marysia Nikitiuk (Ukraine)
Screenplay
Marysia Nikitiuk
Production
Yanina Sokolova Production (Ukraine)
Julia Sinkevych
San Cinema UG & Co. KG (Germany)
Sven Schnell
Photography
Serhii Mykhalchuk
Edition
Ivan Bannikov
Music
Anton Baibakov
Sound
Oleksandr Shatkivskiy
Cast
Kseniia Khyzhniak, Oleksii Trytenko, Maksym Panchenko, Ihor Koltovskyi, Lilia Nesterenko, Kseniia Braganets
Format
DCP FOLLOWING DCI
Running Time
107 m.
Country
Ukraine - Germany
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