The Leading Role
8.4
The film is about the director’s mother, the movie actress Nina Antonova. Now she is 80. She has had hundreds of roles – big and small. It is a personal story about an honest and sad life, about self-sacrifice and freedom. Real fame as an actress came to her only once in her life. It was the leading role in the first Soviet colour TV series Varka’s Land. That was 45 years ago…
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Serhii Bukovskyi Director · Anatolii Khymych Cinematographer Svitlana Zaloga Editor
First release November 1, 2016 · Produced in Ukraine · Production Pronto Film
Production
Ukrainian State Film Agency
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Pronto Film
Production
Ukraine
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Original title
Головна роль
Original language
Ukrainian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Germany · November 1, 2016
Premiere · DOK Leipzig
No release date listed for United States.
Ukraine
March 26, 2017 · Premiere · Docudays UA International Documentary Human Rights Film Festival
July 17, 2017 · Premiere · Odesa International Film Festival
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