ULYA

COMING SOON

2021

Fiction

Coming soon

Synopsis

A human – giant, overcoming the resistance of circumstances, wins her place in life, simultaneously becoming a weapon of the Cold War.

This is the story of an extraordinary woman. About a woman – giant. A giant girl lives in a wild rural environment. As the modern world enters this god-forsaken environment of the Old Believers, the Giant girl is plucked from it to fulfill the tasks of another civilization. In the Middle Ages, this girl would be led in a traveling circus troupe through the market squares, in our story Girl – Giant, is drawn into the world of professional sports. Its purpose is not much different from the medieval circus – to entertain people by using the limits of people’s mental and physical abilities.

The Giant girl turns out to be endowed with unimaginable willpower and athletic talent. She is able to adapt and use her physical advantages to triumph in this world.

It is a story about Ulyana Semyonova, who becomes the world’s most famous female basketball player of all time.

Crew

Viesturs Kairišs

Writer & Director

Wojtek Staron

Director of Photography

Ieva Jurjāne

Production Designer

Kārlis Arnolds Avots

Actor, co-writer

Guntis Trekteris

Producer

Liisi Pollumaa

Make up artist

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