Original title: Liza
Copyright: Studio Tyr Film, 2006
Format: short documentary
Carrier: DVD
Color: color
Length: 22"
Original language: Russian, Ukrainian, and some Sourzhyk
English subtitles: yes

Film crew
Director: Taras Tomenko
Script writer: Taras Tomenko
Cinematographer: Taras Tomenko
Editing: Taras Tomenko

Synopsis

The award-winning director Taras Tomenko revisits the problem of Ukraine’s homeless children. This time around, his protagonist is the eleven-year old denizen of Kyiv’s streets Liza Nikitina. With her mother serving time in prison and her abusive father missing, Liza slips in and out of petty crime, pan-handling, and vagrancy. She is a gifted impersonator, singer, and simply a clever kid robbed of a future in the oligarch-dominated Ukrainian state and society indifferent to its progeny.