Bastard

Bastard

Bastard

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Bastard

2020

0h 15m

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Drama

Overview

Under no circumstances will a person become a monster except voluntarily. The example of a boy whose life is seemingly crippled by the external circumstances will prove that kindness and sympathy are much more natural for people then hatred and evil.

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VAVILON

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Cast & crew

8 featured cast members

Starring

Oksana Batko-Nyschiuk

Matvii Bereziuk

Oksana Kniazeva

Iryna Kochanska

Olexandr Pipa

Ihor Sahaidak

Ostap Stupka

Ostap Stupka

Oleksandr Todorov

Creative team

Directed by: Viktor Skuratovskyi
Written by: Yuliia Cherniavska

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