When the Trees Fall
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Country: Ukraine, Poland, North Macedonia Year: 2018 Running time: 88 min. Genre: melodrama Director: Marysia Nikitiuk Cast: Anastasiia Pustovit, Maksym Samchyk Language: ukrainian


— Best Editing — Golden Dziga Awards, 2019

— Discovery of the Year — Kinokolo Awards, 2018

— Golden Duke for Best Acting — Odesa International Film Festival, 2018

— Official Selection, Berlin International Film Festival, 2018


Larysa has just finished school and wants to determine her own fate. But her love for a young bandit named Scar is condemned by the whole village—especially by her mother and grandmother. The lovers decide to run away: from provincial decay, unbearable relatives, and the oppressive judgment of others. But first Scar must break free from the grip of the criminal underworld.