Ukrainians have long proven that we cannot be intimidated by any blackouts. We support each other, shave in supermarkets and even joke about it on TikTok. And in this collection, ten new multi-genre releases from Netflix have been collected. You can download them to your pre-charged gadgets and watch them on long winter evenings, if suddenly there is another blackout.
“I believe in Santa Claus” / I Believe in Santa
Genre: Christmas romantic comedy
Premiere date: December 14
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Five months ago, Lisa met Tom and decided that she had finally met the perfect man. But on the eve of Christmas, the woman realized that her lover simply adores the holiday, which she cannot stand. Now the heroine will have to decide whether she is ready to be absorbed by the festive atmosphere, despite her own beliefs.
“Sniper. Black sheep”
Genre: military drama
Premiere date: August 24th
The film was released in the summer, and it appeared on Netflix only recently. So if you didn’t have a chance to watch the drama of Maryan Buchan in the cinema, now is a great opportunity to fix it at home. The plot focuses on a man who is forced to take up arms after Russian militants appear on his land.
“Troll” / Troll
Genre: fantasy, action, adventure
Premiere date: December 1
How about a kaiju movie based on a famous character from Norse mythology? Somewhere in the Norwegian mountains, after centuries of sleep, an ancient troll wakes up and begins to terrorize the local population. Now the squad of heroes must make many efforts to prevent the ugly monster from destroying everything in its path.
“Lady Chatterley’s Lover” / Lady Chatterley’s Lover
Genre: drama, melodrama, erotica
Premiere date: December 2
Screen adaptation of the scandalously famous novel of the same name by David Herbert Lawrence. In the center of the story is the same Lady Chatterley from the title, who finds solace in a stormy relationship with a forester. Although the woman is married, she cannot control her passion. But what are the consequences of such reckless behavior for the main character?
“Unforgettable Christmas” / Falling for Christmas
Genre: Christmas romantic comedy
Premiere date: November 10
The pampered heiress of a large hotel business, Sierra Belmont, is used to living a life of luxury, and her influencer boyfriend plans to propose to her. But at the most critical moment, the girl falls from the mountainside and loses her memory.
A good-natured widower comes to the aid of the afflicted, whose modest business literally collapses. This meeting will change the lives of both fundamentally. Lindsay Lohan’s comeback to normal cinema?
“The crooked lines of God” / Los renglones torcidos de Dios
Genre: psychological thriller, detective
Premiere date: December 9
An adaptation of Luc de Tain’s Torquato novel of the same name. The action takes place in 1979. Private detective Alice Gould impersonates a mentally ill person in order to get into a mental hospital. There she plans to find the necessary evidence that can clarify the circumstances of the patient’s mysterious death.
“The School for Good and Evil” / The School for Good and Evil
Genre: fiction, fantasy
Premiere date: October 19
The plot of this fantasy-fantasy blockbuster is based on the children’s book of the same name by Soman Chainani. The focus is on best friends Sophie and Agatha. They find themselves in a magical school for villains and heroes of fairy tales, but are forced to learn from two different sides – Good and Evil. The tape is aimed at family viewing with children.
“I work in a cemetery”
Genre: drama, black comedy
Premiere date: September 15
Another Ukrainian-produced film (co-produced with Poland) in our selection, which ended up on Netflix after being released. The script is based on the book of the same name by Pavlo Belyanskyi. The main character Oleksandr works at the cemetery and installs tombstones there. But work takes a back seat when criminal investigations and a teenage daughter appear in Oleksandr’s life.
“BARDO, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths” / BARDO, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
Genre: comedy, drama
Premiere date: December 16
New work by Alejandro González Iñárritu. The famous Mexican journalist and documentary filmmaker Silverio Gama returns from the United States to his native Mexico, where he has not been for many years, and cannot recognize it. Now the hero is forced to deal with his existential crisis and a bunch of new problems in every possible way.
“Swimmers” / The Swimmers
Genre: biographical drama
Premiere date: November 23
This story is based on real events and tells the story of Syrian swimmer Yousra Mardini and her sister Sarah. In 2015, during the civil war in Syria, they became refugees and had to overcome a serious path to reach first Lebanon, then Turkey, and then Greece. But when a motorboat runs aground in the middle of the Aegean Sea, the girls must perform a feat to save nearly two dozen people.
