The Hamlet Syndrome

Name: The Hamlet Syndrome
Director: Elwira Niewiera
Genre: Documentary, War
Released: 2022-10-07
Duration: 1 h 26 min
Rating: 8
Cast: Oksana Cherkashyna, Rodion Shuygin-Grekalov, Katlia Kotliarova, Slavik Gavianets, Roman Krivdik

Directed by Elwira Niewiera

Documentary

War

20221h 26m8.0

Overview

Five young Ukrainians discuss life following the Maidan Revolution of 2014. Not all fought in the Russian-Ukrainian war, but it, regardless, shattered their life plans. Representing 'Generation Maidan', they face the question of how to cope with experiences of violence, how to go on. A local theatre director produces Hamlet, wherein they can use Shakespeare’s tragic character as a mirror and face their traumas onstage. For them, 'to be or not to be' is not simply text but an existential dilemma with no clear answer.