A cat lady, a sea-obsessed kid, and a philosopher walk into a warzone—this isn't a joke, it's poetry.
A widow who cares for stray cats, a boy who loves the sea, a philosopher marked by life... Eva Neymann shows the inhabitants of Odesa with gentleness and care, trying to find out what they dream of when the war has destroyed all certainty.
Direction
Neymann's patient gaze finds entire universes in ordinary faces.
Cinematography
Odesa's light and shadow become characters themselves.
Director
Eva Neymann
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Neymann continues the Ukrainian documentary tradition of 'poetic cinema' pioneered by Kira Muratova, who also centered Odesa's peculiar soul.
The title references a specific Odesa saying about fleeting clarity—moments when violence pauses and meaning briefly becomes visible.
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