

When Lightning Flashes Over the Sea
2025-11-20 · 124 min · Not rated
A widow who cares for stray cats, a boy who loves the sea, a philosopher marked by life... Eva Neymann shows the inhabitants of Odesa with gentleness and care, trying to find out what they dream of when the war has destroyed all certainty.
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- Eva Neymann
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- Blue Monticola
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- Ukraine, Germany
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