Hero of My Time
Sep 20 2018
•1h 20m
•Comedy, Drama
When Zhorik moves to Kyiv, he has high hopes to improve his life. But then he encounters the mundane struggles, bureaucracy, and corruption of Ukrainian reality.
Cast
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Evgen Bushmakin
Zhorik
Oleh Shevtsov
Oleg
Vasilіsa Frolova
Sonya Zabuga
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