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The Hamlet Syndrome

  • August 2022
  • 1hr

    26mins

  • Documentary
  • Directed by

    Elwira Niewiera,

    Piotr Rosołowski,

    Starring

    Oksana Cherkashyna,

    Rodion Shuygin-Grekalov,

    Katlia Kotliarova,

    Slavik Gavianets

    ...

    Five young Ukrainians discuss life following the Maidan Revolution of 2014. Not all fought in the Russian-Ukrainian war, but it, regardless, shattered their life plans. Representing 'Generation Maidan', they face the question of how to cope with experiences of violence, how to go on. A local theatre director produces Hamlet, wherein they can use Shakespeare’s tragic character as a mirror and face their traumas onstage. For them, 'to be or not to be' is not simply text but an existential dilemma with no clear answer.