My Thoughts Are Silent

The story

Twenty-five-year-old Vadym earns a living recording and selling all kinds of different sounds; nevertheless, he’d rather exchange his life in Kyiv for a better future in far-flung Canada. Thus, when he gets a generous job offer which might help him realise his dream, he jumps at the chance; he soon sets off to record the sounds of animals indigenous to Ukraine and also a rare bird native to the Carpathians. The situation proves somewhat more complicated when Vadym’s companion on the trip turns out to be his mother… To the sounds of a synthesized music score, debuting Ukrainian director Antonio Lukich unfolds a visually creative road movie, in which he demonstrates a highly unusual talent for constructing tragicomic situations.

Cast & crew

Andrii LidahovskyiVadym Rott

Irma VitovskaHalyna Rott

Iryna Verenych-OstrovskaVira Ivanivna

Serhii VolosovetsYosyp

Viktor Shevchenko

Viktor ShevchenkoConductor

Istan RozumnyPetro

Pavlo Dovhan-LevytskyiCast

Roland MishkoPavlik

Maksym Burlaka

Maksym BurlakaCast

Olexa Gorodenkoleader of smugglers

Hanna Harnyk

Hanna HarnykAunt Agitza

Oleksiy Donchenko

Oleksiy DonchenkoHerbalist car mechanic