For 44 years, Valentyn has worked as a projectionist at one of the oldest movie theatres in Kyiv. On his 60th birthday, a fire breaks out in the cinema, and Valentyn is forced to retire. The man struggles to find a new meaning in life in a rapidly changing country.
Valentyn is an eccentric projectionist. For 44 years, he has worked at one of the oldest movie theatres in Kyiv’s city centre. In his projection booth, he drinks with war veterans, dances with the girls from the casting agency next door, or cuts his friend’s hair. Every day at work seems like another adventure. It all comes to an abrupt end when a fire breaks out in the cinema and Valentyn is forced to retire. He looks after his dying mother, rushing to help her the moment she calls. With an average life expectancy of 64 years for men in Ukraine, Valentyn is aware that he does not have much time left. Still, he fights desperately to find a new meaning in life in a rapidly changing country.
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