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As It Was

Lera has been living in Berlin for almost a year after the start of the war in Ukraine. Lera does not feel well in Berlin and makes an impulsive decision to go to Kyiv, for the first time during the war. On the way to Kyiv, she learns that her family is not in Kyiv, and will come only the next day. Therefore, she meets her friend Kyryl, with whom she spends the day, as she used to before the war. In the morning, Lera meets her mother and sister, and finally feels at home. But she still doubts whether she will stay in Kyiv or go back to Berlin.

Top Cast

  • Valeria Berezovska

    Valeria Berezovska

    Lera

  • Kyrylo Zemlyanyi

    Kyrylo Zemlyanyi

    Kyrylo

  • Olena Korohod

    Olena Korohod

  • Sofia Berezovska

    Sofia Berezovska

  • Damian Kocur

    Damian Kocur

  • Dmitri Davydov

    Dmitri Davydov

  • Marianna Luka

    Marianna Luka

  • Sofiia Yelisieieva

    Sofiia Yelisieieva

  • Nikyta Melnik

    Nikyta Melnik

Overview

Lera has been living in Berlin for almost a year after the start of the war in Ukraine. Lera does not feel well in Berlin and makes an impulsive decision to go to Kyiv, for the first time during the war. On the way to Kyiv, she learns that her family is not in Kyiv, and will come only the next day. Therefore, she meets her friend Kyryl, with whom she spends the day, as she used to before the war. In the morning, Lera meets her mother and sister, and finally feels at home. But she still doubts whether she will stay in Kyiv or go back to Berlin.

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