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By Alisa KOVALENKO

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Documentary - Completed 2018

A season in the life of 20-year-old Alina from Kiev saved by football, trying to rescue her young siblings. A hard look at the reality of broken homes and strong women.

Festivals
& Awards

FIPADOC 2019
Competition - International Documentary
    • Year of production
    • 2018
    • Genres
    • Documentary
    • Countries
    • UKRAINE, FRANCE, POLAND
    • Languages
    • UKRANIAN
    • Duration
    • 86 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Alisa KOVALENKO
    • Synopsis
    • Alina, a 20-year-old from Kiev saw her life saved from poverty by her passion for football. Now, with the death of her mother, barely out of adolescence herself, Alina becomes a substitute mother to her younger siblings with the help of her grand-mother. They live in a cramped one-room apartment. Will she find the strength to save her family and find her personal redemption? A film about lost innocence, about responsibilities: how to make your dreams come true when the odds are stacked against you.