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Frost (2017 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Frost' is a 2017 internationally co-produced drama film directed by arnas Bartas. It was screened in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival. It was selected as the Lithuanian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.
Plot
The young Lithuanian Rokas (played by Mantas Janciauskas) drives with his girlfriend Inga (Lyja Maknaviciute) a humanitarian aid truck to Donbas region of Ukraine where, amid the violence and death of the War in Donbas, they meet different war reporters, one of whom is played by Vanessa Paradis.[https://www.kyivpost.com/lifestyle/film-russias-war-ukraine-receives-standing-ovation-cannes.html Film about Russias war in Ukraine receives standing ovation in Cannes], Kyiv Post (26 May 2017)
Cast
* Mantas Janiauskas as Rokas
* Lyja Maknaviit as Inga
* Vanessa Paradis
* Weronika Rosati
* Andrzej Chyra
Production
The movie was filmed in frontline towns of Kurakhove, Marinka and Krasnohorivka. Some scenes were filmed as close as 200300 meters to the frontline. Filming also took place in settings in Kyiv and Dnipro in Ukraine and in Poland and Lithuania.
See also
* List of submissions to the 90th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
* List of Lithuanian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
References
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