

The Forgotten
2019-10-09 · 105 min · ★ 6.3
Nina, 30, a Ukrainian language teacher who can't leave the city of Luhansk, occupied by separatists in Eastern Ukraine, is forced to undergo retraining courses for teaching Russian. Andrii, 17, is a student who was orphaned in the aftermath of the war. They cross paths when Nina witnesses Andrii being arrested by the police after hanging the Ukrainian flag from the roof of his school. Nina knows that because they live in a world of injustice and lies Andrii can stay in jail for a long time, and she risks her life to free him. As they gravitate towards each other, they try to remind people in the occupied territories that they deserve a future, too.
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- Directors
- Daria Onyshchenko
- Production companies
- Directory Films, Jovera Pictures AG/SA, Lehmann Sisters, Ukrainian Institute
- Countries
- Switzerland, Ukraine
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- USD 625,000
- Revenue
- USD 1,420
Top Cast
Maryna KoshkinaNina
Danyil KamenskyiAndrii
Oleksiy HorbunovVasyl
Vasyl KukharskyiYura
Serhii SmeianKyryl
Yaroslav IhnatenkoBogdan
Volodymyr YamnenkoZhoraTitle information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.
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