Lucy in the Sky with Stars
Люси в звёздном небе
Urban romance and oddity under a psychedelic-pop title — meetings that only hold in one place, and what happens when the map tilts.
Lucy in the Sky with Stars (Люси в звёздном небе; Vimeo title “Luci in the Sky with Stars”) is the middle panel of Sasha Poberailo’s City Stories triplet with I’ve Ordered You Some Coffee and It Seems… Catalogue runtime 34 min from the primary public cut on Vimeo (33:36, upload 2015-09-03, id 138170315). The short mixes café two-shots, autumn-park solitude, night city bridges, and surreal inserts (forest with glowing green FX; a comic “weatherman” against a world map). Key art from Bommer Brothers era labels the film and credits Mia (Valery Zybina) among faces — curly-haired women on steps as a signature image. Multi-hyphenate production; IMDb lists a Man-at-the-Bar cameo for Poberailo. Title nods to Beatles/psychedelic pop while the craft stays Kharkiv independent. Linked narratively to Kostet’s universe (coffee-bar / pickup cycle → Dirty Russian). IMDb tt4143782.
Середня новела «Міських історій» (разом із «Я замовив тобі каву» та «Кажется это…»). Міська романтика й дивацтво під поп-назвою: кав’ярня, осінній парк, нічний міст, сюрреалістичні вставки. Основний cut: Vimeo 138170315 (~33:36, «Luci in the Sky with Stars») → runtime 34 хв. Key art Bommer Brothers; у кадрах — Міа (Валерій Зибіна) та інші. Режисер, сценарій, зйомка, монтаж — Саша Поберайло; камео «Людина біля бару» (IMDb).
Facts
- 2012
- 34m (34 min)
- Short · City Stories · Romance
- ShortRomanceCity StoriesUkrainian cinemaIndependentSurreal
- Russian
- Kharkiv; Ukraine
- Sasha Poberailo
Versions · 1
One title, 1 circulating cuts — not separate films. Cite the cut when discussing runtime or completeness.
Vimeo full cut
Повна версія Vimeo
Author upload “Luci in the Sky with Stars” (~33:36). Primary for catalogue runtime and site Watch embed. Spelling Luci on Vimeo UI; catalogue uses Lucy.
Завантаження автора на Vimeo (~33:36). Основна для runtime і кнопки «дивитись». На Vimeo написано Luci — у каталозі Lucy.
PRIMARY: https://vimeo.com/138170315 (manage/videos/138170315). Duration 33:36, 1280×720, upload 2015-09-03; Vimeo title spelling “Luci”. Poster public/films/lucy-in-the-sky.jpg is 1000×1500 (2:3) two-woman key frame without text. Stills in public/stills/lucy-in-the-sky/. Bommer Brothers credit on legacy key art. Do not confuse with later fashion shorts.
Themes
City Stories middle panel
One node in a triplet: same city, different temperature — romance and oddity between coffee-bar talk and pickup comedy.
Meeting places & parallel maps
Café tables, parks, night bridges, and comic map/FX inserts suggest intimacy that may only hold in special loci — or in another weather of the world.
Pop title, DIY body
Beatles/psychedelic echo in the name; production is multi-hyphenate independent craft, not a music-video pastiche only.
Autumn solitude
Orange jacket in dead leaves, forest with green FX — the short’s visual grammar of waiting and unreality.
Characters
Mia
Named on Bommer Brothers key art as Міа (Валерій Зибіна) — curly-haired woman of the two-shot steps / scarf frames.
Companion / romantic pair
Partner across café, park, and night bridge scenes — the other half of the meeting rule.
Man at the Bar
Director cameo listed on IMDb for this title.
Scene map
Café table
Couple at a wooden table with cake and drinks — everyday intimacy.
Autumn leaves
Figure in orange jacket lying in a carpet of leaves — solitude / drift.
Forest FX
Woods with glowing green spiral object — surreal insert inside the city story.
Map weatherman
Comic studio bit against a world map with rainbow icons — parallel “sky” humour.
Night bridge
Couple facing each other before lit city architecture — the one-place rule under neon.
Two on the steps
Signature key art: two curly-haired women side by side, looking different ways.
- Sasha Poberailo
- Sasha Poberailo
- Sasha Poberailo
- Sasha Poberailo
- Sasha Poberailo
- Valery Zybina (Mia)
- Sasha Poberailo (Man at the Bar)
Lucy in the Sky with Stars · Luci in the Sky with Stars · Люси в звёздном небе · City Stories · romance · Bommer Brothers · 2012 · Vimeo
