The Return (2023)

Nikita is a student from the Kharkiv region who lives in Kyiv with his boyfriend Serhiy. His relationship with his religious mother is hideous due to her adverse treatment of his son’s sexuality, which has led him to abandon his faith in God. Nikita quarrels with her on his birthday because she sent him his cross pendant and asked the son to return to “the right path”. The next day, on February 24th of 2022, the couple wakes up from explosions and news about the beginning of a full-scale war with russia. Nikita realizes he can’t reach his mother by phone anymore.

Released Dec. 17, 2023 32 min None+

Genres: Drama, Short

Keywords: tmdb.queer, tmdb.ukraine, tmdb.war, mdblist.imdb-short

Production Companies: Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts

Country: Ukraine
Production Country: Ukraine
Languages: Russian, Ukrainian