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The Leading Role

The Leading Role (2016)

1h 3m | PG-13

⭐ 3.5 / 10

The film is about the director’s mother, the movie actress Nina Antonova. Now she is 80. She has had hundreds of roles – big and small. It is a personal story about an honest and sad life, about self-sacrifice and freedom. Real fame as an actress came to her only once in her life. It was the leading role in the first Soviet colour TV series Varka’s Land. That was 45 years ago…

Director: Serhii Bukovskyi

Studio: Ukrainian State Film Agency

Genre: Documentary

Video: 720p

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Cast

Nina Antonova

Nina Antonova

as Herself

Serhii Bukovskyi

Serhii Bukovskyi

as Himself