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The Gateway

The Gateway

20177.11h 47m

Overview

Inside the Chornobyl exclusion zone Grandma Prisa, the family matriarch, consorts with water nymphs, eats a diet filled with hallucinogenic mushrooms, and claims to have personally stabbed 12 SS soldiers to death during World War II. She lives together with her divorced and chronically ill daughter Slava and grandson Vova. Unexpectedly, their measured life comes to an end - Grandma Prisa receives a mystical warning about an impending catastrophe.

Directed by Volodymyr Tykhyy
Written by Pavlo Arie, Volodymyr Tykhyy
Produced by Volodymyr Filippov, Ihor Savychenko, Marko Suprun
Box Office0Revenue: $640K

Top Cast

Irma Vitovska

Irma Vitovska

Baba Prisia

Vitalina Bibliv

Vitalina Bibliv

Slava

Dmytro Yaroshenko

Dmytro Yaroshenko

Cop

Dmytro Tuboltsev

Dmytro Tuboltsev

Dad

Yaroslav Fedorchuk

Yaroslav Fedorchuk

Vovchyk

Themes & Keywords

super powergrandmotherchernobylmysticism

About The Gateway

The Gateway is a drama, comedy, fantasy, horror film released in 2017 exploring themes of super power, grandmother, chernobyl, mysticism. Directed by Volodymyr Tykhyy, it stars Irma Vitovska, Vitalina Bibliv, Dmytro Yaroshenko. Inside the Chornobyl exclusion zone Grandma Prisa, the family matriarch, consorts with water nymphs, eats a diet filled with hallucinogenic mushrooms, and claims to have personally stabbed 12 SS soldiers to death during World War II. She lives together with her divorced and chronically ill daughter Slava and grandson Vova. Unexpectedly, their measured life comes to an end - Grandma Prisa receives a mystical warning about an impending catastrophe.

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