The Forgotten

The Forgotten (2019) is a drama film directed by Daria Onyshchenko rated 6.3/10.

Nina, 30, a Ukrainian language teacher who can't leave the city of Luhansk, occupied by separatists in Eastern Ukraine, is forced to undergo retraining courses for teaching Russian. Andrii, 17, is a student who was orphaned in the aftermath of the war. They cross paths when Nina witnesses Andrii being arrested by the police after hanging the Ukrainian flag from the roof of his school. Nina knows that because they live in a world of injustice and lies Andrii can stay in jail for a long time, and she risks her life to free him. As they gravitate towards each other, they try to remind people in the occupied territories that they deserve a future, too.

Cast

Maryna Koshkina

Nina

Danyil Kamenskyi

Andrii

Oleksiy Horbunov

Vasyl

Vasyl Kukharskyi

Yura

Serhii Smeian

Kyryl

Lyublyana Fenchak

A boy's mom in a tie

Andrii Titov

Director

Yaroslav Ihnatenko

Bogdan

Volodymyr Yamnenko

Zhora

Igor Kostin