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THE BEAR

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Documentary - Post-Production 2022

Amidst the chaos of war-torn Ukraine, a group of theater students must confront their identities, friendships, and ideals as they question whether to perform a Russian play — and what it means to be an artist in a time of national trauma.

- Year of production
- 2022
- Genres
- Documentary
- Countries
- UKRAINE
- Languages
- UKRANIAN
- Synopsis
- A group of drama university students is forced to relocate to Western Ukraine at the outbreak of the war, trying to continue their studies. They are young, talented, and ambitious, and despite everything, they dream of becoming professional actors. But their graduation performance, based on The Bear by Russian classic author Anton Chekhov, which they had been preparing before the war, stands in their way. There are twelve of them. They believe they know everything about each other. However, the challenge they face will reveal their characters in unexpected ways. Some refuse to take part in the production, leading to conflict within the group. Together, they search for a solution, trying to understand why, out of thousands of plays, they chose a work of Russian culture—one that now "saves" them with bombs.