Unwanted People
By night, Ludmila works as a toilet cleaner in a fashionable music club where she meets obnoxious and spoiled people who disrespect her because of her job. During the day time she looks after her husband, who is sick with Alzheimer disease.
The contrast between her professional life, in close proximity to the very rich and their over the top surroundings, and the modest manner in which she lives her life slowly leads Ludmila to a mental break-down. The only amusement or release that she has - is her platonic attraction towards an angelic and sexy women singer - who herself has no interest towards Lydmila whatsoever. When Ludmilla can’t bare this dull routine any longer, she begins to fantasize that she can run away from her responsibilities toward her husband, to leave him in the “swarm” of other “unwanted people”.
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Anastasia MamontenkoDirector
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Anastasiia MamontenkoWriter
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Regina Maryanovska DavidzonProducerVictor_Robot
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Oleksiy GladushevskyyProducer
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Olena KhyzhnaKey Cast"Ludmila"
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Igor GerashenkoKey Cast"Dmytro"
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Natalie KononenkoKey Cast"Singer"
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Project Type:Short
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Runtime:15 minutes 20 seconds
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Completion Date:May 2, 2021
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Production Budget:12,000 USD
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Country of Origin:Ukraine
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Country of Filming:Ukraine
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Language:Ukrainian
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Shooting Format:Digital
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Aspect Ratio:16:9
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
Anastasia Mamontenko was born in Ukraine in 1994. She studied film at the London College of Communication and at the New York Film Academy. She holds an MA degree in philosophy from the Odessa National Mechnikov University. Her work deals with the concept of acceptance, the importance of humanism and non-duality At the age of 17 she wrote and directed her first film "Sadom", which appeared as the special program selection of the Odessa International film festival. One of her latest art films "Pale People of Corruption" was awarded the best surreal film by the Retro Avante Garde Film Festival of Venezia and was also presented as a video installation at the Dallas Contemporary Art Museum in 2020.
Anastasia lives and works in Odessa.