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Three months of revolution. From the euphoria of victory to the mourning of the fallen Heavenly Hundred.

Olena is going home, to the village on the frontline in the ‘grey zone’ of the Donetsk region where she spent her childhood.

This is an atmospheric and intensely human vérité portrait of Ukrainian society on the move, filmed in suburban trains.

Through thousands of accidentally discovered photo negatives by Paraska Plytka-Horytsvit the film explores the connection between the present and the past.

Thousands come to the cemetery for Hrobky (Memorial Day) to commemorate their departed relatives, to get blessed, to celebrate life.