The Strayed

The Strayed

2017 · 89 min · ★ 5.8 · Comedy, Drama

At a bus stop, provincial taxi driver Yura meets young beauty Svieta, and is hired to drive both her and her mother to Pryputni - a small Ukrainian village in the middle of nowhere. Seduced by a promised payment and Svieta's short skirt, Yura doesn't have a clue, that his visit to Pryputni is going to last a little longer than he expects.

Directed by Arkadii Nepytaliuk · Written by Arkadii Nepytaliuk

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