July 17, 2014. Irka (Oksana Cherkashyna) and Tolik (Sergey Shadrin) live humbly in the Ukraine border town of the Donetsk, an Eastern region of disputed territory during the dawn of the Russian-Ukraine Donbas war in Klondike. They’re expecting a child. The film opens as the couple discuss birthing plans and getting somewhere safe to deliver the baby in voice over. Jolting viewers out of even one moment of calm, an explosion rips through the house, leveling a wall of their abode clean off. Commercial airline MH17 has just been shot down right in their front yard.  Read More