Movie·2020·0h 50m

Lida

Country

United States of America

Language

Russian

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The Story

"LIDA" takes place on the day of Lida's 70th birthday. This already special day is made more unusual by the recent arrival of her grandson, Lev, who had immigrated to the United States with his family in 2001. Returning to Ukraine for the first time as an adult, Lev documents his grandmother as she tends to the small homestead and prepares for the birthday celebration in the rural village in Ukraine. By capturing moments of arduous labor, as well as through personal conversation, Lev inquires into his grandmothers relationship to her home, land - and their family.

Editor

Lev Omelchenko

Themes

birthdayeastern europefarm lifeslice of liferural areadocumentary filmmakingukrainian villagecinéma véritéukrainian cultureobservational documentarygrandmother grandson relationshipukraine

Production House

LEVOMEL Productions LLC