00:00 "Under a million dollars, he will take over my son's property.
00:05 He will go to the old country and there he will marry a conscious Ukrainian."
00:11 Maxim Lozinsky, the leading actor of the new movie "Hutsulka Ksenia", is a Ukrainian-American.
00:17 His grandparents moved to the US in the last century.
00:20 Thus, this role for Maxim is not just a chance to star in a big movie,
00:24 it is also the opportunity to visit the homeland of his ancestors.
00:27 "I was very happy.
00:29 I was very glad.
00:30 I remember the day they sent me the script for the first time.
00:34 I was in a cafe in New York.
00:36 Then I flew to Kyiv for a casting and I succeeded.
00:38 Then the rehearsals began.
00:40 I've studied Ukrainian at the Ukrainian Saturday School, which is in New York."
00:44 Young Lviv actress Varvara Lushchik plays the part of a Hutsul woman called Ksenia.
00:49 It is she who Maxim's character must try to marry in order to inherit his father's fortune,
00:53 who said that to receive the money, his son must marry a true Ukrainian girl.
00:57 For the movie, Varvara had to learn a lot of dances and songs
01:00 and learn how to play many musical instruments.
01:02 Despite this, the time for preparation was rather limited.
01:05 "In fact, we had a month to learn everything, and this is not that much.
01:12 But I studied at a music school, and this helped me a lot.
01:15 I can play the piano, I have a musical education.
01:18 I had to learn how to play the accordion.
01:20 It was a very hard work."
01:22 Some 48 million hryvnias, or nearly 2 million U.S. dollars, were allocated to creating this film.
01:28 The Ukrainian State Film Agency provided half of the amount.
01:31 "Over the past five years, we have not allocated money for musical movies.
01:37 Therefore, it was an important step for us.
01:40 We decided to take a risk, and I hope that the audience will like the film.
01:43 We will understand more in the coming days."
01:46 The film "Hutsulka Ksenia" will be screened in Ukraine for the first time on March 7.
01:51 Reported by Artem Holok, UATV.
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