The Green Jacket
Filmfest 2014
(ZELENA KOFTA)
Ukraine 2013
Original version with English subtitles
(Original: Ukrainian)
German Premiere
Director: Volodymyr Tykhyy
Section: International Independents
A family with two children, a 14-year-old girl and a 7-year-old boy, live in the suburbs of Kiev. One day the kids go out to play. A moment's distraction and the sister loses sight of the boy. A search yields nothing. Months pass. There is little hope left of finding the boy alive. His sister decides to take over. She's sure she knows who kidnapped her brother. Despair, guilt, and powerlessness – is that enough to justify a terrible revenge?
Warsaw Film Festival
"This is an eerie story of a young girl who tries to seek justice in modern Ukraine, and the indifference of society. However, this story is not at all a socially critical pamphlet, but a study of human nature, its inexpressible meanness and to the same extent inexpressible nobility".
Director's statement
Cast: Oleksandra Petko, Borys Gavrylenko, Taras Tkachenko, Lesya Kalynska
Credits
Screenplay: Volodymyr Tykhyy
Director of Photography: Serhiy Stetsenko
Film Editor: Volodymyr Zapriagalov
Composer: Anton Baibakov
Production Designer: Ivan Levchenko
Producer: Dennis Ivanov
Co-Producer: Igor Savychenko
Production Company: Arthouse Traffic LLC
World Sales: Arthouse Traffic LLC
Director: Volodymyr Tykhyy
