
The Beard
2012-04-28 · 25 min · Not rated
The old man’s daughter married the foreigner and moved abroad. Only his neighbor Gienyk remembers his name. Others call him “Beard”. “Beard” feeds hens, smokes cheap cigarettes, goes fishing as an ordinary villager. But nobody, even Gienyk knows what’s on his mind. His daughter visits him while passing by. He’s not at home at that moment. When he comes back, he founds his daughter on the threshold, ready to leave. The old man sees off his daughter with sadness. And then takes the gun. Everything’s going to change in a moment… The Beard will disappear.
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- Directors
- Dmytro Sukholytkyi-Sobchuk
- Production companies
- Ukrainian State Film Agency, Kyiv National I. K. Karpenko-Karyi Theatre, Cinema and Television University
- Countries
- Ukraine
- Status
- Released
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