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Frost (2017)

Frost poster
Original title
Šerkšnas
Directed by
Šarūnas Bartas
Genre
drama film, war film
Country
Ukraine, France, Lithuania, Poland
Runtime
1h 30m
Rating
5.0 of 10 from 29 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young Lithuanian man drives to war-torn eastern Ukraine with his friend to deliver supplies. Along the way they encounter the brutal realities of conflict and the fractured lives of those left behind.

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What happens

Frost (Lithuanian: Šerkšnas, Ukrainian: «Іній», romanized: Iniy) is a 2017 internationally co-produced drama film directed by Šarūnas Bartas. It was screened in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival. It was selected as the Lithuanian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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