Chornobyl: Funeral Feast

Chornobyl: Funeral Feast

Chornobyl: Funeral Feast

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Chornobyl: Funeral Feast

1993

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Overview

The film marks the occasion of the 800-year anniversary of Chornobyl: an epitaph to the nuclear power station tragedy. Lina Kostenko, the Ukrainian poetess, joins former residents on their annual trip to the dead town.

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Ліна Костенко

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Ліна Костенко

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