In Eastern Ukraine, childhood neighbors find their lives violently derailed by a shifting frontline. Natasha, a promising boxing talent, becomes a military paramedic. Angela, who lost her parents at a young age, survives by moving goods to both sides of the front. Caught in a modern Greek tragedy, brothers Mark and Ruslan now fight on opposite sides – against each other. In the safety of his adoptive family in the United States, their youngest brother Daniil follows the war from afar. Filmed over a decade on 16mm, MARIINKA begins long before the world watched the full-scale invasion.
It is the highly anticipated second feature by Pieter-Jan De Pue, following his Sundance award-winning debut, THE LAND OF THE ENLIGHTENED.
Director | Pieter-Jan de Pue |
Producer | Bart van Langendonck |
Co-producers | Christan Beetz Femke Wolting Bruno Felix Emelie Blézat Vincent Metzinger |
Line Producer | Anna Konik |
D.O.P | Pieter-Jan de Pue |
Editors | Alain Dessauvage Ciska Slowack Mauro de Groeve Julie Naas Louis de Schrijver David Dusa |
Sound design and mix | Senjan Jansen |
Music | Mattis Appelqvist Dalton Lieven van Pée |
Colorgrading | Matteo Robert Morales |
Produced by | Savage Film |
In co-production with | Submarine beetz brothers film production Dark Riviera Naoko Films Shelter Prod ZDF |
In collaboration with | arte RTBF Documentary Unit VRT VPRO SVT |
With the support of | The Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF) The Belgian Federal Tax Shelter The Netherlands Film Fund The Centre du Cinéma et de l’Audiovisuel de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles The Creative Europe MEDIA Programme The King Baudouin Foundation Eurimages The Belgian Embassy in Ukraine |
