Film · Documentary
King Lear: How We Looked for Love During the War (2023)
★ 6.5 · 2 votes1 h 31 minDocumentary2023
Due to the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, tens of thousands of Ukrainians, fleeing the war, found refuge in Uzhhorod in western Ukraine. The local director decides to attract non-professional actors -displaced people - in bringing his dream into life - to stage the King Lear play. The theatrical performance helps them find themselves and their purpose in a new world where there is war, and the director finds an answer to the eternal question of what love is and why this world should not perish.
- Director
- Dmytro Hreshko
- Country
- Ukraine
- Language
- Ukrainian
- Release date
- May 3, 2023
- Original title
- Король Лір: Як ми шукали любов під час війни
