Luxembourg, Luxembourg

Directed by: Antonio Lukič
Ukraine, 2022, 104'

Cankarjev dom Cinema Luxembourg, Luxembourg

Screenplay: Antonio Lukich
Cinematography: Misha Lubarsky
Cast: Amil Nasirov (Kolja), Ramil Nasirov (Vasja), Lyudmyla Sachenko (Larisa Petrivna), Nataliya Gnity (mama), Karina Cherchevych (Maša)
Producent: ForeFilms

A fast-paced, bittersweet Ukrainian family drama about the complex relationship between estranged twins and their eventful journey to see their dying father whom they overidealised as children.

The city of Lubny, 1998. Seven-year-old twins Kolya and Vasya are full of mischief and need their gangster father to rescue them. They have mythologized the man since their birth. Twenty years later, Vasya is a married cop dedicated to serving the public. Kolya is a bus driver, deals drugs and still lives at home with their mother. Their father has been gone for those two decades. Then, they receive a call from the Ukrainian consulate in Luxembourg informing them that their father is in hospital. If they want to say goodbye, they need to come and visit. Kolya feels as if their father is leaving them for a second time and is desperate to make the trip. Vasya takes more persuading.

My father died in 2016 in a wealthy European city. I didn't know him well, and only saw him a few times in my life. /…/ Luxembourgh, Luxembourgh is my declaration of love to my father, who was running away all the time. Whom I've been trying to catch up with for so long, hoping to answer my own question - why are we so drawn to people who constantly run away from us?
Antonio Lukich

About director
Born in 1992, in Uzhhorod, Ukraine, Lukich graduated from the Kyiv National Karpenko-Karyi University with a degree in film direction. His first feature film, My Thoughts Are Silent (2019), received multiple awards at international film festivals. Lukich is laureate of the Ukrainian Film Academy and winner of the Merited Artist of Ukraine Award.

Filmography
2019 My Thoughts are Silent
2022 Luxembourg, Luxembourg (Luksemburg, Luksemburg)