Mother: Chapter One
“Who really is the Devil?”
Having deceived his nurse and left his mother to live out her life alone, a man believes he has bought himself peace. But there is a price to pay for everything, and the price turns out to be higher than he thought.
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Part of Mother: Dilogy
2 films
Cast
9 people
Oleksandr Levytskyi
Anton
Also in
The Pledge
Iryna Zhydkova
Raisa
Also in
Under the Orange Peel
The Last Concert
Tamara Myshunina
Mother
Also in
The Pledge
Heorhii Pliiev
Heorhii
Also in
Her name was Persephone
Under the Orange Peel
Bogdan Vakulenko
Doctor
Also in
The Pledge
Gifted from 0 to 1
Daniil Koliadin
TCR worker
Also in
EXIT
Artem Shteynle
Man in the bar
Also in
Carmen
EXIT
Zakhar Shestiaiev
Man in the bar
Also in
I Love You
Carmen
Maria Irchak
Woman in the bar
Also in
Her name was Persephone
Zakhar Shestiaiev Director · Guy de Maupassant Story Bogdan Vakulenko Composer
United States release September 25, 2026 · Produced in Ukraine · Production Dmytro Tomashpolskyi's workshop "Centaurs", Koliadin production
Production
Kyiv National I. K. Karpenko-Karyi Theatre, Cinema and Television University
Production
Dmytro Tomashpolskyi's workshop "Centaurs"
Production
Koliadin production
Production
Ukraine
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Languages
Original title
Матір: Частина Перша
Original language
Ukrainian
Spoken on screen
Ukrainian
Release dates
Ukraine · December 21, 2025
Premiere · Dmytro Tomashpolskyi's course "Centaurs" screening
United States · September 25, 2026
Premiere · Planet Frame: International Youth Film Festival & Anthology
Slovakia
August 14, 2026 · Premiere · Heart Of Europe International Season Film Festival
Ukraine
August 7, 2026 · Premiere · "1000 minutes of student films" special screenings
August 14, 2026 · Premiere · "1000 minutes of student films" special screenings
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