DREI FRAUEN

THREE WOMEN

Somewhere in the Carpathians between Ukraine, Slovakia and Poland lies the village of Stuzhytsia. In Ukrainian the name of the village means something like „cold place“. The film tells the stories of three women: the farmer Hanna, the postwoman Maria and the biologist Nelya. In the middle of the mountains, they have to cope with social reality and loneliness. The colder the Carpathian winter gets, the more human warmth the film team finds. In a tiny kitchen Hanna shares her loneliness with the filmmakers, who remind her of her deceased sons. In the villages post office, postwoman Maria has neither stamps nor heating, but customers are warmed with liquor and songs. Somewhere in the woods and caves, biologist Nelya looks for the animal droppings that are a treasure to her. The film portrays an unknown place in the middle of Europe, where people have to decide daily between leaving and staying.

Maksym Melnyk © Maksym Melnyk
Maksym Melnyk © Maksym Melnyk
photos © Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF / Maksym Melnyk
  • Genre
    Biopic, Family Entertainment, History
  • CATEGORY
    Documentary
  • YEAR OF PRODUCTION
    2022
  • DIRECTOR
    Maksym Melnyk
  • SCREENPLAY
    Maksym Melnyk
  • CINEMATOGRAPHY
    Florian Baumgarten, Meret Madörin
  • PRODUCER
    Maksym Melnyk
  • PRODUCTION COMPANY
    Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF
  • RUNTIME
    70 min
  • LANGUAGE
    Ukrainian
  • GERMAN DISTRIBUTOR
    Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF
  • SALES
    Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF,
    Cristina Marx
    cristina.marx@filmuniversitaet.de
    www.filmuniversitaet.de