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Getting Vera Back


Director: Vira Iakovenko

DOP: Anatolii Khimych

Script writer: Andrii Martynov

Composer: Oxana Gunchuk

Producers: Julia Cherniavska, Oleg Shcherbyna, Viktor Myrskyi

Genre: melodrama

Cast: Olena Zakharova, Volodymyr Zherebtsov, Illia Noskov, Alla Fomicheva and others.


A young promising ice-skater Vera Reshetnikova being in a peak of her career becomes a victim of an unfortunate accident set up by a treacherous partner along with an envious rival. With a serious back injury instead of the championship she finds herself in a rehabilitation centre for disabled. And instead of the breath-taking victories she can hope for nothing else but a perspective to remain in the wheel-chair till the end of her life. It is a young doctor Ruslan who helps Vera in her fearless fight with a hopeless diagnosis. Getting Vera Back is a story from the realm of a professional ice skating where fame is always chased by black envy and risk; and the rivals’ intrigues are often more dangerous than cold and treacherous ice…

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