Original title: Zelena kofta
Copyright: State Film Agency of Ukraine, Arthouse Traffic, 2013.
Genre: feature narrative
Carrier: DVD
Color: color
Length: 103 min.
Original language: Ukrainian, surzhyk, Russian
English subtitles: yes

Film crew
Director and writer: Volodymyr Tykhyi
Cinematographer: Serhii Stetsenko
Art design: Ivan Levchenko
Composer: Anton Baibakov
Producer: Denis Ivanov, Ihor Savychenko, Volodymyr Tykhyi

Actors
Oleksandra Petko as Olia
Lesya Kalynska as mother
Ivan Baklan as Mykhas
Taras Tkachenko as father
Yaroslav Havryliuk as grandfather
Dmytro Yaroshenko as police detective

Synopsis
A sudden disappearance of a little boy living with a single mother and teenage sister in one of the faceless residential areas of the Ukrainian capital brings to light the ills that plague Ukrainian society firmly in the grip of the oligarchy. Conflicts between children and parents, moral devastation of the individual, psychologically scarred children growing up in dysfunctional families, corrupt government, abusive police, linguistic and cultural schitzophrenia - all these elements are mixed into a cocktail that is bound to self-ignite. Volodymyr Tykhy comes up with yet another low-budget and sadly mediocre production, whose only redeeming feature seems to be the fact that there are almost no other Ukrainian films one could simply watch, never mind appreciate.