Ukraine Is Not a Brothel

Venice Film Festival 2013

Original language: English, Ukrainian

Subtitles: Romanian, English

Directed by: Kitty Green

Country: Australia, Ukraine

Year of production: 2013

Length: 80 minutes

Genre: Documentary

They are blonde, beautiful, and half-naked. They protest against patriarchy by baring their (incidentally, gorgeous) breasts. Authorities try to destabilize them. The police beat them. Their parents feel for them. Men from all over the world sponsor them. A gentleman ‘in the lingerie business’ commissions them. On top of everything else, they are exposed as being led by a man who masterminds all of their protests.  

Credits

Director – Kitty Green

Screenplay – Kitty Green

Producers – Jonathan auf der Heide, Kitty Green, Michael Latham

Cinematography – Michael Latham

Editor – Kitty Green

Music – Zoë Barry, Jed Palmer 

Cast

Inna Shevchenko

Sasha Shevchenko

Anna Hutsol

Oksana Shachko