June 1941. Preparations for the wedding of a butcher’s son and a rabbi’s daughter are in full swing in a Jewish shtetl in the Lviv Region. The intrigue of this seemingly ordinary event is that Yuna – the bride – loves another man and he, Mendele… plans to kidnap her. At this very time, a Nazi death squad is approaching the shtetl.

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The city of Chernivtsi, 2022 year, the first month of the war. Refugees from all over Ukraine, including theatrical figures, arrive there. They end up in a world where art is no longer needed. Despite this, they start recreating theatre in the present circumstances; they perform on the streets and in refugee centers, rehearsing plays about the war in bomb shelters during air raid sirens. The city of Chernivtsi, the first month of the war. Refugees from all over Ukraine, including theatrical figures, arrive there. They end up in a world where art is no longer needed. Despite this, they start recreating theatre in the present circumstances; they perform on the streets and in refugee centers, rehearsing plays about the war in bomb shelters during air raid sirens.