When Lightning Flashes Over the Sea
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| Directed by | Eva Neymann |
| Screenplay by | Eva Neymann |
| Produced by | Kirill Krasovski |
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| Edited by | Pavel Zalesov |
| Music by | Martin Hossbach |
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Running time | 124 minutes |
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When Lightning Flashes Over the Sea is an upcoming documentary film written and directed by Eva Neymann. The film portrays people in Odesa who are searching for dignity and dreams between war, loss and hope.[1][2]
The film was selected in Forum at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival, where it will have first screening on 15 February 2025.[3]
Content
[edit]Odessa, how are you? The camera person roams your streets with her camera, capturing moments of life during wartime.
In the documentary the lens gathers glimpses of resilience and dreams, defying the narrative of mere victimhood. A widow tends to the city’s stray cats, a well-read drifter flirts with me, an old friend passes away, and yet again, the power goes out. Generators carve out small pockets of light, a wandering monk appears, giving his meal to another beggar, and a young man faces the threat of conscription, as does his brother—though he is in Moscow. In the end, as a great summer storm rolls through, everyone prays: let it be just thunder and lightning! Odessa, may you know nothing more than thunder and lightning!
Cast
[edit]- Valeriy Bassel
- Fadey Fadeev
- Madona Hupenia
Production
[edit]Principal photography began on 23 October 2023 at location in Ukraine. Filming ended on 15 April 2024 in locations in Odesa, Ukraine.[4]
Release
[edit]When Lightning Flashes Over the Sea will have its world premiere in the Forum section of the 75th Berlin International Film Festival 15 February 2025.[5][6]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "When Lightning Flashes Over the Sea". Blue Monticola Film. 21 January 2025. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
- ^ "When Lightning Flashes Over the Sea, Germany 2023-2025, Documentary". filmportal.de (in German). 5 December 2024. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
- ^ Davide Abbatescianni (16 January 2025). "Berlinale's Forum announces a selection of contemporary cinema questioning our time". Cineuropa. Retrieved 19 January 2025.
- ^ "When Lightning Flashes Over the Sea, Documentary, 2023-2025, Germany". Crew United. 5 December 2024. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
- ^ Scott Roxborough (16 January 2025). "Berlin Forum Unveils Full 2025 Lineup". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
- ^ "When Lightning Flashes Over the Sea". Berlinale. 4 February 2025. Retrieved 5 February 2025.