Netherlands / Nov 22, 2014 / IDFA
Her name is Yula. Her home is the largest garbage dump in Europe, on the outskirts of Moscow. This is the story of her life.
1h 37min
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
Right outside of Moscow – home to the highest number of billionaires pr. capita – you’ll find the largest junkyard in the world: The Svalka. It’s a hard place run by the Russian mafia. And it's where Yula lives with her mother, her friends and many other people. Life is tough in the Svalka, but it’s also a place where beauty and humanity can arise from the most unlikely conditions. It is from this place that Yula dreams of escaping and changing her life, even if it seems impossible. Oscar-nominated director Hanna Polak followed Yula for 14 years, bringing us along on Yula's journey to achieve this dream.
Genres
Documentary
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Something Better to Come |
| Original language | English (EN) |
| Spoken languages | English, Pусский |
| Production countries | Denmark, Poland |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Danish Documentary, Hanna Polak Films, HBO Europe |
| Official site | somethingbettertocomethemovie.com |
| Release date | 22 novembre 2014 |
| Executive producer | Piotr Polak, Phie Ambo, Sigrid Dyekjær, Hanka Kastelicová, Jan Rofekamp, Pernille Rose Grønkjær, Eva Mulvad, Mikala Krogh |
| Production | Anne Dillon, Monika Jankowiak, Piotr Uzarowicz, Ewa Laxa, Hanna Polak, Sigrid Dyekjær, Izabela Łopuch |
| Writer | Hanna Polak |
| Editing | Marcin Kot Bastkowski, Hanna Polak, Mariusz Margas, Marta Kotowska, Steven Okazaki, Jeppe Hansen, Yann Coquart, Jacob Thuesen, Andrzej Juraszczyk, Michal Napierzynski, Grażyna Gradoń, Beata Boguś, Peter Winther |
| Cinematography | Hanna Polak, Mariusz Margas, Hans Jurgen Burkard, Dima Rakov, Ivan Finogeev, Yuliya Galochkina, Sacha Borisov, Maksim Drozdov |
| Assistant directors | Hanna Polak |
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Release dates
Theatrical release
Russia / Dec 12, 2014 / ArtDocFest
United States / May 22, 2015
Poland / Nov 27, 2015
TV
Netherlands / Aug 11, 2015 / NPO 2
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