Pit No. 8
Marianna Kaat 2010Categories: Children, Feature, Jury Award Finalist
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Official Film Website Runtime: 95 min.
Origin: Estonia/Ukraine
In the heart of a once-thriving Ukrainian coal-mining region, the town's desperate residents decide to start mining illegally; they excavate everywhere—under the basements of demolished buildings, in leisure parks, and even in their own vegetable gardens. The story focuses on the Sikanov family. Fifteen-year-old Yura is the head of the family, working as a miner in an illegal pit. The responsibility for taking care of Yura’s two sisters falls on his young shoulders, pushing his dreams into the distant future.