The Return
Nikita is a student from the Kharkiv region who lives in Kyiv with his boyfriend Serhiy.His relationship with his religious mother is hideous due to her adverse treatment of his son’s sexuality, which has led him to abandon his faith in God.Nikita quarrels with her on his birthday because she sent him his cross pendant and asked the son to return to “the right path”.
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Nikita is a student from the Kharkiv region who lives in Kyiv with his boyfriend Serhiy. His relationship with his religious mother is hideous due to her adverse treatment of his son’s sexuality, which has led him to abandon his faith in God. Nikita quarrels with her on his birthday because she sent him his cross pendant and asked the son to return to “the right path”. The next day, on February 24th of 2022, the couple wakes up from explosions and news about the beginning of a full-scale war with russia. Nikita realizes he can’t reach his mother by phone anymore.
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- Release date
- Dec 17, 2023
- Runtime
- 0h 32m
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- Language
- Russian, Ukrainian
- Country
- Ukraine
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