EXCLUSIVE: London-based gross sales agency Canoe Movie is launching gross sales on Ukrainine struggle movie Bucha Unbroken, which may have its world premiere on the upcoming Warsaw Movie Pageant.
The movie is predicated on the true story of Konstantin Gudauskas, a Lithuanian Jew and resident of Ukraine who used his Kazakh passport to journey to Russian occupied territories and save 203 civilians. The movie depicts Konstantin’s clandestine rescue operation in Bucha, Vorzel, and Hostomel (Kyiv area), starting with a name he receives from a Crimean intelligence agent who sees his capacity to maneuver freely inside the area as an asset. Whereas his harrowing work saves tons of of lives, the scenario turns into more and more harmful, and the intelligence company can now not sanction his work. Konstantin should make a troublesome determination that may danger his personal survival and others.
Oleksandr Shchur produces and wrote the screenplay whereas director is Stanislav Tiunov. Canoe will introduce the movie as a market debut on the American Movie Market subsequent month November following its world premiere in competitors on the Warsaw Worldwide Movie Pageant later this month.
The movie is ready for launch in Ukraine on November 7 and based on producers is one in all only some narrative options to have shot in Ukraine since Russia’s invasion.
Polish theatre and movie actor Cezary Lukaszewicz performs the lead position of Konstantin and Ukrainian actor Vyacheslav Dovzhenko, assumes the position of Strelnikov.
Producer Oleksandr Shchur served as a senior improvement govt and comedy author at Kvartal 95 Studio, the studio based by Ukrainian chief Volodymyr Zelenskyy. There he wrote on initiatives together with Me. You. He. She which Zelenskyy co-directed in 2019.
Shchur said: “After I heard concerning the story of a Lithuanian Jew from Kazakhstan who, as a substitute of leaving, decides to rescue Ukrainians from occupation, I instantly realized that this was a narrative that may resonate with viewers anyplace on the earth”
Canoe’s Managing Director, Caroline Stern, added: “Working with Oleksandr, Stanislav and their group isn’t solely a pleasure, however a privilege. The dangers they took to deliver a narrative of this scale to the display are past what most of us will ever expertise, and the result’s really spectacular. I stay up for sharing their message of hope, braveness and resilience with the world.”
