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An ambitious Ukrainian girl moves to NYC from Brighton beach to escape her conservative family and to fulfill her lifelong dream of becoming a freelance journalist, everything goes better than expected until she discovers that she has less than a year to live…
Or she could decide to defy her family and her own fears and return to Ukraine, not in spite of the ongoing military conflict and economic crisis but because of them: they represent an opportunity par excellence for her to be an eye witness reporter on the front line of a pivotal moment in EuropeanRead more
Or she could decide to defy her family and her own fears and return to Ukraine, not in spite of the ongoing military conflict and economic crisis but because of them: they represent an opportunity par excellence for her to be an eye witness reporter on the front line of a pivotal moment in European history. (She could be fluent in both the Ukrainian and Russian languages.)
The enduring appeal of “Bucket List” stories like this is that when confronted with a death sentence, the protagonist makes the strongest choice, risks all for her biggest dream, the one she could find all the excuses in the world not to strive for under normal circumstances. Or postpone — the “ma?ana, ma?ana” syndrome — because she thinks she has all the time in the world to wait until conditions are “just right”. (Which, of course, they never are.) Most movie goers can identify with that existential predicament.
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See lessAn ambitious Ukrainian girl moves to NYC from Brighton beach to escape her conservative family and to fulfill her lifelong dream of becoming a freelance journalist, everything goes better than expected until she discovers that she has less than a year to live…
As Richiev said. And as a result of the diagnosis, what does she decide to do differently? The usual sequence of events for this kind of story would be for her to break away from her family as a result of the diagnosis. That is, the woman decides to Carpe Diem -- seize the day -- when she realizes tRead more
As Richiev said. And as a result of the diagnosis, what does she decide to do differently?
The usual sequence of events for this kind of story would be for her to break away from her family as a result of the diagnosis. That is, the woman decides to Carpe Diem — seize the day — when she realizes there are too few days left and they are too precious to squander living the way others want her to live. (As in the series “Breaking Bad” where Walter White breaks out of his conventional and frustrating life as a chemistry teacher after he’s diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer.)
But as the logline is written, she makes her dramatic break out Carpe Diem before the diagnosis. What have you got in mind for her to do as an objective goal that can top that, that is even more dramatic than what she has already done?
See lessAn ambitious Ukrainian girl moves to NYC from Brighton beach to escape her conservative family and to fulfill her lifelong dream of becoming a freelance journalist, everything goes better than expected until she discovers that she has less than a year to live…
As Richiev said. And as a result of the diagnosis, what does she decide to do differently? The usual sequence of events for this kind of story would be for her to break away from her family as a result of the diagnosis. That is, the woman decides to Carpe Diem -- seize the day -- when she realizes tRead more
As Richiev said. And as a result of the diagnosis, what does she decide to do differently?
The usual sequence of events for this kind of story would be for her to break away from her family as a result of the diagnosis. That is, the woman decides to Carpe Diem — seize the day — when she realizes there are too few days left and they are too precious to squander living the way others want her to live. (As in the series “Breaking Bad” where Walter White breaks out of his conventional and frustrating life as a chemistry teacher after he’s diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer.)
But as the logline is written, she makes her dramatic break out Carpe Diem before the diagnosis. What have you got in mind for her to do as an objective goal that can top that, that is even more dramatic than what she has already done?
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