Mama

A movie poster featuring a woman walking alone in a desolate field with fog in the background. Text on the poster reads 'MAMA' in large white letters, with a dedication to the mothers of Ukrainian heroes at the top.
A movie poster featuring a woman walking alone in a desolate field with fog in the background. Text on the poster reads 'MAMA' in large white letters, with a dedication to the mothers of Ukrainian heroes at the top.

Nina Petrivna resides in Zhytomyr with her family. When her son, Vitaliy Shvydchenko, volunteers for the front to defend his country, circumstances take a heartbreaking turn as he is taken prisoner.

Faced with the harsh reality that the only chance to retrieve her child is to embark on a perilous journey herself, Nina Petrivna must traverse through towns and villages, navigate checkpoints, and confront local authorities and the enemy. Her mission is singular: to determine the fate of her child and discover if he is still alive.

Information About “Mama” TV-series

Year:

2021

Format:

TV Series

Genre:

,

Runtime:

4 eps 47 min

Cast:

Olesia Zhurakivska, Mykola Boklan, Oleksandr Bozhko, Daria Matvieieva, Maksym Boriak, Kostiantyn Koretskyi, Tamara Antropova, Mykhailo Kryshtal, . . . Vsevolod Pshenychnyi, Kostiantyn Kostyshyn, Oleh Ivanystia, Polina Snisarenko, Arsen Bosenko, Svitlana Bukhta, Anna Tambova, Serhii Volianovskyi, Ihor Tykhomyrov, Taras Tkachenko, Mykhailo Merzlikin, Serhii Maliuha, Valerii Pasichnyk, Valentyna Rudenko, Oksana Voskanyan, Vadym Holdanov, Andrii Merzlikin, Oleh Shushpannikov, Oleh Bielozorov
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Idea:

Valentina Rudenko

Script:

Valentina Rudenko, Mykola Rybalka, Taras Tkachenko

Director:

Taras Tkachenko

Producers:

Victoria Gorenshtein, Tetiana Kuts

Project Partners

USAID website
Ministry of Culture of Ukraine website
STB TV-channel website

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