Ihor works from home in a taxi answering service. He seems to be imprisoned in his room in a depressing apartment block opposite the pompous Orthodox cathedral. To escape the hopelessness, Ihor tries to interpret his precarious daily life as creatively as possible. Growing sunflowers on his balcony and creating rotoscoping animation on an out-of-date black&white printer become important rituals of resistance.
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Vasyl Lyah Director
First release October 6, 2019 · Produced in Ukraine · Languages Russian, Ukrainian
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Freefilmers
Production
Ukraine
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Original title
Метаробота
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian · Ukrainian
Release dates
Ukraine · October 6, 2019
Premiere · Dnipro
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Ukraine
August 8, 2020 · Premiere · Kyiv International Short Film Festival
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