CU: FAREWELL
The protagonist recalls her past while her daughter is going to leave her forever. Years ago, the protagonist came from a province to a big city to get rid of poverty. Marriage to a gangster didn’t make her happy. She fell in love with her husband’s accomplice and soon got pregnant. Murder seems the only solution to the lovers…
“Effectively-told story without a word of dialogue. Handsomely-captured cinematography and terrific acting from all performers. A rare controlled, disciplined film that embraces the challenges of limitations and overcomes them with evocative imagery and allegorical power.”
“The ability to tell a story without using dialogue is the sign of a great director. The actress was able to convey her thoughts with only a look or a breath. Sound design was great with us hearing the breaths and at the end hearing the voices of the world in the background off screen." (Review by Dances with Films).
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Anar AzimovDirector
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Anar AzimovWriter
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Liubov TyshchenkoKey Cast
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Sergey PolyakovKey Cast
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Sergey DetyukKey Cast
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Tata TaranyukKey Cast
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Mira FarenyukKey Cast
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Vadim KuzloKey Cast
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Oleksandr NykonovychCinematographer
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Vlad DonchenkoSound
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Anar AzimovMusic
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Yana GatsenkoMakeup
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Nelli GutsenkoMakeup
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Vuano FilmsProducer
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Anar AzimovEditor
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Project Type:Experimental, Feature
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Runtime:41 minutes 30 seconds
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Completion Date:July 23, 2021
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Production Budget:4,000 USD
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Country of Origin:Ukraine
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Country of Filming:Ukraine
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Language:No Dialogue
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Shooting Format:Digital
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
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Brussels Independent Film FestivalBrussels
Belgium
January 26, 2025
World
Official selection, Tarkovski Grant -
Cannes International Film WeekCannes
France
May 12, 2025
Official selection -
Verona International Film FestivalVerona
Italy
September 20, 2025
Italian premiere
Official selection -
Amsterdam Independent Film FestivalAmsterdam
Netherlands
October 20, 2025
Netherlands premiere
Official selection
Born in 1969. PhD in Philosophy (1995). British Council Playwright Course graduate (1999). Alexander Sokurov’s Film Directing online course graduate (2021).
For years, I had been considering a no-dialogue film - and one with “close-up” as the dominating shot type. The idea was to show dramatic relations and the story mostly through face expressions. I wrote monologues for the actors to recite during the principal photography so that they could live their characters’ emotions naturally. So, even though no single word is voiced in the film, the script is verbal.
Depuis des années, j'envisageais un film sans dialogues – et avec un plan dominant en « gros plan ». L’idée était de montrer les relations dramatiques et l’histoire principalement à travers les expressions des visages. J’ai écrit des monologues que les acteurs devaient réciter pendant le tournage afin qu’ils puissent vivre naturellement les émotions de leurs personnages. Ainsi, même si aucun mot n’est prononcé dans le film, le scénario est verbal.
Seit Jahren habe ich darüber nachgedacht, einen Film ohne Dialoge zu machen – und zwar einen, bei dem „Nahaufnahmen“ die dominierende Aufnahmeart sind. Die Idee bestand darin, dramatische Zusammenhänge und die Geschichte hauptsächlich durch Gesichtsausdrücke darzustellen. Ich habe Monologe geschrieben, die die Schauspieler während der Dreharbeiten rezitieren sollten, damit sie die Emotionen ihrer Charaktere auf natürliche Weise ausleben konnten. Obwohl im Film also kein einziges Wort gesprochen wird, ist das Drehbuch verbal.