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Graduation ’97 (2017)

Graduation ’97 poster
Original title
Випуск '97
Directed by
Pavlo Ostrikov
Genre
drama film
Country
Ukraine
Runtime
19 min
Rated
N-13
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A group of former classmates reunite years after graduation in Ukraine. They grapple with how their lives turned out and what they have lost since high school.

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What happens

Graduation '97 (Ukrainian: «Випуск ’97», romanized: Vypusk'97) is a short Ukrainian tragicomedy film directed by Pavel Ostrikov. The world premier of the motion picture occurred on July 21, 2017, at the Odesa International Film Festival, where it received the prize for best Ukrainian short film. The film was included in the almanac of short films, "Ukrainian New Wave: Runaway", which was released in Ukrainian theaters on April 12, 2018. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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