Eastern Ukraine, in the nearest future. A desert unsuitable for human habitation. Sergey, a former soldier suffering from PTSD, is having trouble adapting to his new reality: a life in pieces, a land in ruins. When the smelter he works at finally shuts down, he finds an unexpected way to cope, joining the volunteer Black Tulip mission dedicated to exhuming war corpses. By working alongside Katya, he understands that a better future is possible. Will he learn to live without war and accept himself as he is?
Born in 1971, Valentyn Vasyanovych studied Cinematography and Documentary Filmmaking at the Karpenko-Kary National University of Theatre, Film and TV in Kiev. In 2007, he graduated from the Andrzej Wajda Master School of Film Directing in Poland.
FILMOGRAPHY:
2019 ATLANTIS
2017 BLACK LEVEL
2013 CREPUSCULE, doc.
2013 KREDENS
2012 BUSINESS AS USUAL
2004 AGAINST THE SUN, short
Eastern Ukraine, in the nearest future. A desert unsuitable for human habitation. Sergey, a former soldier suffering from PTSD, is having trouble adapting to his new reality: a life in pieces, a land in ruins. When the smelter he works at finally shuts down, he finds an unexpected way to cope, joining the volunteer Black Tulip mission dedicated to exhuming war corpses. By working alongside Katya, he understands that a better future is possible. Will he learn to live without war and accept himself as he is?