WTFilms Boards Ukraine Invasion Drama ‘The Daughter’ As Country Marks 1,000 Days Of War
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: WTFilms has acquired international sales rights for Ukrainian director and producer Egor Olesov’s timely drama The Daughter set in the early days of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
News of the acquisition comes as Ukraine marks the one thousandth day of the resulting war, which has killed hundreds of thousands, displaced millions and destroyed dozens of once flourishing towns and cities.
The Daughter blends family dynamics with the horrors of war through the story of a 17-year-old, hearing-impaired girl called Olga, who is staying with her father and his new family in the once sleepy town of Bucha outside Kyiv when the Russia invasion of Ukraine begins.
Before the family has time to flee, their home is occupied by Russian soldiers who subject them to a reign of terror including threats of death and rape.
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