When the Trees Fall

Plot

Five-year-old Vitka and her teenage cousin Larysa both yearn for a life beyond the archaic rules and restricting confines of their small, godforsaken Ukrainian village. Despite her family's staunch objections, Larysa falls wildly in love with Scar, a handsome ex-convict. Hoping to leave their troubled past behind, the two plot their escape. Scar agrees to take on a criminal job in the city. Larysa, meanwhile, fends off an arranged marriage and awaits his return.

Cast

Anastasiia Pustovit

Larysa

Sofia Khalaimova

Vitka

Maksym Samchyk

Scar

Maria Svizhinska

Ostapivna

Alla Samoilenko

Tamara

Yevhenii Hryhoriev

Kostik

Petro Pastukhov

Vityulya

Mariia Trepikova

Lenka

Aelita Nazarenko

Nastya

Volodymyr Bezdomnikov

Yukhym

Volodymyr Dzhura

Burtya

Oleksandr Balaban

Rybnadzor

Ivan Blindar

Sanko

Mykhailo Kostiuk

Vadik

Olga Korbut

Grandma Irka