Lessons of Tolerance (2023)

  • NR
  • 11/11/2023 (DE)
  • Comedy, Drama
  • 1h 35m

Overview

Ten uneasy lessons in a tiny apartment in Ukraine. Teacher Nadia launches an EU-funded LGBT+ acceptance program. A typically intolerant family hesitantly decides to sign up to receive tempting financial supplements. Their task is to spend 24 non-alcoholic days with Vasyl, who is gay but might also be the best friend, long-forgotten relative, good therapist, attentive social worker, or a plumber photographer. Beer-loving mechanic Zenyk, an actress of a never-been theatre Diana, and impatiently aggressive Denys will tame hate and envy. Through amusing games, they will learn about homophobia, equality, empathy, gender discrimination, and self-fulfillment. A provocatively ironic mosaic of anecdotal sketches gradually forms a continuous labyrinth of black humor, tenderness, and witty sarcasm.

Arkadii Nepytaliuk

Director, Screenplay

Lyudmyla Tymoshenko

Screenplay

Cast

Olena Uzliuk's headshot

Olena Uzliuk

Oleksandr Yarema's headshot

Oleksandr Yarema

Akmal Huriezov's headshot

Akmal Huriezov

Oleksandr Piskunov's headshot

Oleksandr Piskunov

Karolina Mruha's headshot

Karolina Mruha

Borys Heorhiyevskyi's headshot

Borys Heorhiyevskyi

Nina Naboka's headshot

Nina Naboka

Recommendations