Hero of My Time

When Zhorik moves to Kyiv, he has high hopes to improve his life. But then he encounters the mundane struggles, bureaucracy, and corruption of Ukrainian reality.

Cast

Evgen Bushmakin

as Zhorik

Oleh Shevtsov

as Oleg

Vasilіsa Frolova

as

Sonya Zabuga

as

Olena Kurta

as

Oleksandr Yarema

as

Oleksandr Artemenko

as

Natalka Yakovleva

as

Masha Oz

as

Anton Domnіch

as

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