Pharmacist (2014)
Country: Ukraine
Genre: Drama
Production: Mettel Studios
Writer/Producer/Director: Vinsent Mettel
Cast: Kseniia Komkova, Olena Provotar
Logline: A betrayed woman seeks a final farewell in the company of her husband’s lover, until a perceptive pharmacist subtly alters her path, turning a private act of despair into an unexpected chance for freedom.
In this slow, contemplative drama, a woman arranges an unusual last meeting with the mistress of her husband — not in anger, but in a quiet desire to revisit the places that once held meaning in her life. Their uneasy walk together becomes a shared reckoning with love, loss, and loneliness.
Before this encounter, the woman visits a small neighborhood pharmacy, where the gentle attentiveness of the pharmacist unsettles her carefully planned farewell. Sensing more than she says, he makes a compassionate choice that ultimately keeps both women safe.
As the day unfolds, what began as a journey toward disappearance gradually transforms into something else: a painful clarity about betrayal, a fragile solidarity between two women, and finally a courageous decision to leave a dishonest marriage behind. Rather than ending in darkness, the film closes on a quiet, uncertain light — suggesting that even at the brink, a different future can still emerge.