EXCLUSIVE: London-based gross sales agency Canoe Movie is launching gross sales on Ukrainine warfare movie Bucha Unbroken, which can have its world premiere on the upcoming Warsaw Movie Pageant.
The movie relies on the true story of Konstantin Gudauskas, a Lithuanian Jew and resident of Ukraine who used his Kazakh passport to journey to Russian occupied territories and save 203 civilians. The movie depicts Konstantin’s clandestine rescue operation in Bucha, Vorzel, and Hostomel (Kyiv area), starting with a name he receives from a Crimean intelligence agent who sees his capability to maneuver freely inside the area as an asset. Whereas his harrowing work saves tons of of lives, the scenario turns into more and more harmful, and the intelligence company can not sanction his work. Konstantin should make a tough resolution that can threat his personal survival and others.
Oleksandr Shchur produces and wrote the screenplay whereas director is Stanislav Tiunov. Canoe will introduce the movie as a market debut on the American Movie Market subsequent month November following its world premiere in competitors on the Warsaw Worldwide Movie Pageant later this month.
The movie is ready for launch in Ukraine on November 7 and in response to producers is considered one of only some narrative options to have shot in Ukraine since Russia’s invasion.
Polish theatre and movie actor Cezary Lukaszewicz performs the lead function of Konstantin and Ukrainian actor Vyacheslav Dovzhenko, assumes the function of Strelnikov.
Producer Oleksandr Shchur served as a senior growth government and comedy author at Kvartal 95 Studio, the studio based by Ukrainian chief Volodymyr Zelenskyy. There he wrote on tasks together with Me. You. He. She which Zelenskyy co-directed in 2019.
Shchur acknowledged: “Once I heard in regards to the story of a Lithuanian Jew from Kazakhstan who, as an alternative of leaving, decides to rescue Ukrainians from occupation, I instantly realized that this was a narrative that will resonate with viewers wherever on this planet”
Canoe’s Managing Director, Caroline Stern, added: “Working with Oleksandr, Stanislav and their group isn’t solely a pleasure, however a privilege. The dangers they took to carry a narrative of this scale to the display are past what most of us will ever expertise, and the result’s actually spectacular. I stay up for sharing their message of hope, braveness and resilience with the world.”