Salt for the Sea
2021, Ukrainian. Directed by Snizhana Husarevych.
The story is about a fourteen-year-old girl Lisa, who is forced to move with her parents to a small town by the sea because she inadvertently becomes a participant in the senseless death of a classmate due to a dangerous children's game. In the absence of like-minded friends, Lisa loses meaning and thirst for life, and later finds a friend on the social network under the strange nickname White Whale and decides to commit suicide with him as a challenge to the intolerance of their lives. Based on Anastasia Nikulina's novel Salt for the Sea, or the White Whale.
- Runtime
- 0h 19m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Ukrainian
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- Released
- 29 July 2021
- Original title
- Сіль для моря
- Country
- Ukraine
- Written by
- Snizhana Husarevych, Vladyslav Popko
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Salt for the Sea runs 19 minutes (0h 19m).
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Salt for the Sea isn’t on a subscription OTT platform in India, but you can watch it free online. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
What movies are like Salt for the Sea?
If you liked Salt for the Sea, try Hardball, Ice Castles, What Maisie Knew.
Who directed Salt for the Sea?
Salt for the Sea (2021) was directed by Snizhana Husarevych and stars Анна Жураківська, Oleksandr Ivanov, Arsenii Markov.