Connection: a short film starring Jude Law

Two actors with very different concerns meet at an airport and find that they have more in common than it at first seems. Inspired by a real-life incident and by Belarus Free Theatre, the film was written by Nicolai Khalezin and Laura Wade, stars Nicolai Khalezin and Jude Law and is directed by Vladimir Shcherban
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[@cespinosa79]

This was shot 6 years ago, yet it's very much relevant today.

[@mykhailoshkarampota3848]

@Mr. White Long live Belarus from Ukraine. Glory to Poland. 🇺🇦🇵🇱⚪🔴⚪

[@YellowArrow]

Yeah, watching with the same thoughts

[@mlbs495]

I've just wanted to write the same comment

[@Vimpertusher]

It is

[@user-sq5ko9dp6k]

Yes, but now, in summer 2021, it's even more actual than it was earlier.😎

[@evanbetter]

It is so great of jude law to still participate in such small projects and to spread the message of a human behaviour beyond mentalities, language and culture - bless you, guys! love it!

[@mooglisxbg67000]

next time someone talks to me in russian, I just wait for my mom to call me and I will understand him afterwards. Relaxing movie btw

[@aleksandra8579]

можно попробовать сработает ли

[@sergeyfaldin]

И тебе спасибо

[@themarxist89]

Rude

[@laurajayne4920]

Yeah I am really confused by that as well. They both could suddenly understand each other. Kind of threw me off.

[@maksimkempe3425]

"The only person i can relate on is the person who doesn't know me"... In fact, this short but skillfully made film says more than it seems. Great work and class acting.

[@Flake1900]

After this short movie, for me, Jude Law will be the actor I will respect more than anyone else for playing a role in this.

[@jenns2487]

A glimpse into the soul of humanity. Assuredly, a heartfelt story about the connection between people despite the labels and restrictions placed by society. The limitations felt by a person trying to reach out to another in the face of a language barrier has been the one fuel that has caused me to put it as a priority in my own life. Humanity should look outside of itself to recognize we are all the same at the core. Educate to absolve the barriers and build a bridge of connection.

[@hks_uz]

Thank you!

[@g41133]

Precious...We need more acts of kindness and caring like this in the world. Thank you.

[@jackruys]

brings tears of being so very unable... Thanks Jude for drawing attention

[@GeorgeSif]

Because of the "connection"...that's why after they talked on the phone Jude could suddenly understand the other guy.

[@hks_uz]

Как актуально в 2020! Хотя фильм снят 7 лет назад...

[@tomvalveede6808]

Jude Law is flawless in his expression of human Compassion! Just one of the reasons he is so greatly Admired and Loved! Awesome work, as expected! ♥️ Jude Law!!! 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

[@HannaEveBloom]

A study in compassion and empathy. Lovely.

[@kyliebrown6655]

its shows what freedom we have to others and the freedom we thought we did not have is greater then others - such as worrying about press outside his house but he showed a good English mannered helpful man. we were born to help thy neighbour

[@joeconrad3828]

Had no idea what this was about, but watched because I enjoyed the Johnny Walker Jude Law commercials. When they pulled out the Jameson’s bottle, I thought he was advertising Irish whiskey now. Very pleasantly surprised to find it was a sweet story about humanity, instead.

[@kwtigs]

it's lovely on how a lost person had a great friend from the start once he asked him for help in his time of need as for the count that he was sort sighted . but the guy, he meet didn't know that and for once he was grateful that this man he's helping didn't want a photo or any other crab which most people would have wanted from him. and he too felt like he had a friend as well. so they were both helping each other out in the end , as none of them could go home until things had settled down maybe?.

[@silverabel13]

This remembers me of all the times i met someone, then our ways seperated and we never saw each other again... This is just a perfect example. It's these little strories/connections - no one will ever know about - that happened between two individuals. I also like the two understandings of the title. Not only did both meet because of a connecting flight one had to take but also for the time of being together, they had a connection in a way - not beimg able to go home.

[@mariaalano3077]

what i noticed, he's got a bottle of maybe VODKA in his.carry on bag, how was he able to pass through the perimeter, liquid are not allowed.

[@dewcreation]

I am watching it now when Belarus is going to change. Amazing

[@krasya13]

2013: нет 2014: нет ... 2020: давай, всё еще актуально!

[@georgefirsanov6388]

Жыве Беларусь

[@favourhugo]

To the guys in the comment section, who did ask what happened: He got departed. Jude handled him to authorities thinking they will care for political asilum bill. They did not

[@YouTubeallowedmynametobestolen]

I think you mean deported rather than departed. Although it makes sense either way!

[@annajeffrey9027]

how do they suddenly understand each other half way through when at the start Jude Law didn't have a clue what he was saying?

[@Poostkaarte]

The wonders of whiskey

[@silviomeile3704]

Johnny Walker

[@kikimora305]

the films name is "connection", isn't it?)

[@Lololol878]

I think it's because they started understanding each other on a spiritual level, that's what the director was trying to show, I guess. Language barriers don't matter when it comes to understanding the soul of the one next to you.

[@konrad983]

@@silviomeile3704 Jameson not Johnny Walker :)

[@ezraleslie1361]

As relevant now as when it was released. Funny story: I was just about to start uni when I saw this seven years ago. I had flown internationally myself and just got myself settled into school in Chicago. I was running to class one morning and I swear I saw this fellow (not Jude Law) on the quad as I made my way to class. Of course there was no way of confirming at the time, but I've since tried to cross reference whereabouts and it seems it's plausible as he was in Chicago for a workshop possibly? No idea what he was up to on campus, but would've loved to have said hi, thanked him for the film, and maybe taken a pull of Jameson if he was carrying it. 'Connextions!'

[@tixxy94]

There's the Law I don't mind obeying.

[@StrawberriKissxX]

Tijana Aleksic haha perfect.

[@asadali2311]

Hahaha

[@ilovejeddah5607]

LOL

[@hjonm9730]

I have been to borders many times been abused and insulted and threatened by "officials" whose salaries I have been paying my whole life. this film has me weeping whimpering in pain. is this the best we can do for our fellow humans?

[@Conspirator9481]

Awesome work Jude Law...like always.

[@SirRigorMortis]

Really? Jude was used in dirty game againts democracy.

[@pamelabonaparte9383]

Very moving for such a short film. That’s why we are here .....for each other! We all have individual journeys and sometimes we cross paths and then just head our separate ways. It doesn’t mean the affects of the interaction doesn’t last or doesn’t touch us it just becomes part of our experience.

[@v1vendi]

and so, 7 years later, nothing changes

[@markmacpherson3999]

Simply AWESOME. The ending flatten me...

[@chesika968]

I'm actually from Belarus. This film reflects current situation which occurs now, in 2020.

[@NodeNomad]

The music soundtrack at the end is sad and beautiful at the same time.

[@valerivaleri3445]

The world was much different in 2013 - if you watch this in 2020 perspective / almost 2021 / it could change your point of view ---Best wishes and love to all :) stay safe

[@ndumisomlokoti7645]

06:51 I don't know why, but this part made me giggle at the absurdity of racism and discrimination. Jude Law, an Englishman that is as English as Englishmen get, is asking a brown person to give an East European man from Minsk, Political Asylum in England.

[@Miramani]

I love this tiny movie. Shows what mess B. is in. But also the script and the way it's directed is so smooth.

[@abk4591]

Jude law is just AMAZING

[@girlpye14]

I loved this. Great job

[@pesha600]

Wow! This says so much.

[@DCI-Frank-Burnside]

Nice to see Les Dennis getting weightier roles!

[@alccmena19880309]

exactly what's happening today

[@mothersoul1]

It was nice how he helped him

[@rishisharma5827]

Beautiful!

[@Dummy00001]

This is just a little great gem!

[@doreendaykin6693]

Brilliant!!…. Loved it!

[@alenphillips4848]

Lovely and touching.

[@Nadia_Gltti]

This film is a real prediction of what now is happening in Belarus. Impressive.

[@angelface3121]

Quite intriguing.

[@hizirerdemuygun]

I just understand that Jude Law plays in so many short films

[@admirald2680]

Superb.

[@DavidS1]

wow amazing.

[@Ritz_mono]

Bravo

[@user-en3qi4bt7j]

Как никогда актуально!!!

[@kraneshore]

very well done.....nice

[@KedarPadalkar]

After two blue label ad movies, this is what KZbin recommended me. So here we go again....

[@DiscoverShortFilms]

It was well shot and put together with a nice concept however being some one who always looks for discrepancies in films, I couldn't help but notice that Jude Law half way through the film, suddenly knew how to speak and respond to fluent Russian. I loved the film but just feel that the connection could have been illustrated in a more realistic way.

[@AlinkaMosendz]

Жыве Беларусь! Борітеся, поборете!

[@ShinMoroFilms]

really nice film.

[@misscherifurbaby]

This is written so that any moviestar could be in it. Would be great if they kept re-shooting it with a different star!

[@mariaalano3077]

it might be less poignant, when they keep re-shooting.this with different actor. The meaning will be diminished. And besides, it needs an actor, not a movie star

[@vladnovikov4483]

Brilliant!

[@user-wn9bc2ej6v]

А семь лет назад мы ни сном, ни духом....

[@CorsetMasterRu]

Мне только что в рекомендациях попалось, а не 7 лет назад

[@user-xn6df6ch6x]

Hello from 2021. Nothing really changed, especial after August 9th 2020.

[@SeekersofUnity]

No one is above (or beneath) the Law.

[@samhighfield]

lovely!

[@PavelTereshkovets]

Yura, well played! And yes, it’s so much relevant today, more relevant than ever before... unfortunately

[@EmbracetheGrindTV]

Looks like LAX. I've sat in that exact spot waiting on a flight to Moscow.

[@baidawibai]

enjoyed this

[@sharkface8301]

Why does that end have to be so painful all the time.

[@EBBsk8Norge]

Talk about foreshadowing.. 6 years early

[@gladyspereyra5645]

he is perfect omg

[@user-jn4xi8zr2m]

Предсказали 6 лет назад 2020 год в Беларуси 😨

[@SirRigorMortis]

Или готовились к этому. Не так активно, как на Украине конечно, но определенно деньги вкладывали в протесты.

[@user-oz8rz1nb8o]

Как то странно..чтобы Лоу в этом участвовал...

[@user-tf4oo1zj3j]

@@SirRigorMortis к чему готовились? К тому, что лукашенко станет избивать людей? 😂😂😂 выходит лукашенко это их агент?

[@SirRigorMortis]

@@user-tf4oo1zj3j любая власть будет подавлять противозаконные протесты иначе это не власть. В данном случае силовые структуры переборщили по мнению многих с применением силы (особенно это неожиданно для спокойной Белорусии). Повод был создан для протестов самой властью. Задача масс медиа всячески этот инфоповод раскрутить и довести до максимума народный гнев. Вот в это и вкладываются деньги координаторов. Заинтересованные люди играют на противоречиях в обществе разделяя общество на два враждующих клана.

[@user-tf4oo1zj3j]

@@SirRigorMortis противозаконный протест, когда людей в автомобилях останавливают, бьют авто, вытаскивают их из машин, избивают, забирают в милицию, где опять избивают. Это вы незаконными протестами называете? Или когда никому не мешающих людей во дворах ловят и тоже бьют? По вашей логике вам власть дышать запретит и будет бить вас за то, что дышите. А вы будет утверждать что любая власть подавляет незаконное дыхание 😂😂😂

[@renataf.1003]

Неужели это фильм 2013 года?..

[@AyanZubaneyev]

How they start understand each other if in the beginning there no clue of what they talking about?

[@Michaellipmanactor]

I was thinking exactly the same thing!! Left me baffled.

[@BharatRaghavan08]

Heart breaking 😐

[@Blue_Angel.555]

I just found this video. Excellent!! What happened to him?? Where did the take him??

[@The5secondninja]

what true story

[@LLLLEGZ]

I want more. What happens next?

[@truefilm1556]

Please forgive my long winded reply. It's just my humble take on the story. Even a movie star can't do anything here just by being a movie star (he should have taken action). The guy (whatever his "rank" may be, just wanted Jude Law's autograph), he didn't promise political asylum (Law, playing himself of course) assumed that the guy will take good care of the man from Minsk, but the sign "flight departures" tells us: he got kicked out back to home where the s*** will hit the fan. Story wise a wonderful way of misleading us. Jude Law acted too late because of a wrong assumption (and handing his new friend to the authorities instead of staying with him at all times). We think the two guys are 'connected' and have a lot in common (the fact that both suddenly understand each other's language is just movie symbolism for that) and even have similar "problems". Not even close. Jude Law goes home after the coast is clear and the poor guy is in some very deep trouble. What happens next? It's us thinking twice about our first world problems. They are nothing compared with what many other people are going through. As I said: just my humble take.

[@YouTubeallowedmynametobestolen]

"I can't go home either. There's a story in the newspaper about me, and the reporters are all around my house." "What's the story about you?" "Oh, it's just lies. They say I was drinking alcohol out of a bottle in the airport." "Liars. ... Hey, you want a tug?" "Sure, thanks."

[@The07daniela]

to explain the origin of this project: www.theguardian.com/stage/2013/sep/16/belarus-free-theatre-jude-law-young-vic

[@theinternationalmedia]

Is this like a sample of The Terminal with Tom Hanks?

[@scoopermanu]

Inspired by a true story , They both learned each others language in 4 minutes absolute miracle I expect they will put Rosetta stone out of business

[@artsiomlukyanau2190]

Так бывает

[@tetyanaguzik-ukraine]

Актуально!

[@belcosmos]

Нда, круто снято, отличная история. Однако грустно немного что по реальной истории, но таких историй скоро будет меньше, ведь придется считать честно )

[@CorsetMasterRu]

Увы, нет

[@belcosmos]

@@CorsetMasterRu Если ещё не считают, это не значит не будут считать. Придется ... Местные выборы же перенесли не просто так.

[@Bod8998]

How do they understand each other halfway thru lol

[@yeldososkenbay110]

Is this video was posted six years ago!? ))

[@DreamCarGarage1]

Kinda clever but with an unsatisfying, open-ended conclusion.

[@taurinsh]

I love you!

[@enkhetsyrenov7802]

Ничего себе 2020

[@eleonora1301]

Прям день сурка!

[@LittleSpoonShowreel]

Great little film, a brilliant story and it was fantastic to be a part of it. Thank you BFT and Young Vic. Please check out another of my short films on my channel.

[@Gerrythesaint]

Wow

[@simonaproietti7659]

❤️

[@gen_music]

Story of my life scaped from USSR when I am 19th years old

[@spirtualnaz]

Sad reality

[@janiskotomins6756]

Hard to comment need to see other side for all can find resolution. 🍀

[@yaroslav7146]

Друзів арештували і репресії після виборів, теж саме було 7 років тому)) Як актуально зараз.

[@user-mu9yl2wd3k]

все по одному сценарию?

[@oldschooldon410]

Life right.

[@alexypolivany7148]

So sweet girl from Kyiv.

[@user-oz8rz1nb8o]

Наше самое ужасное наследие из СССР- мы плохо знаем иностранные языки....

[@me_lero]

Jude Law ♥

[@pashute12]

I didn't understand the end

[@aleterro]

I'm sorry, what happened exactly? what's the meaning of this story? what happens to the man?

[@svkorban]

the Belarusian actor returns home from the tour. lost at the airport. Then his mother calls him and says that you can not go home. an arrest warrant has been issued.

[@rang....-._.-....0.]

I am not sure either. I think he was sent back anyway, instead of considering asylum for him. Jude Law couldn't follow or help him or follow through to know what happened beyond the point where he reached a locked door. Its the connection and responsibility he felt for his newly met friend. I wish they added a description.

[@nomparfait]

Ok, then what happened???Where's Connection 2???

[@xamurai00]

Sometimes actors must feel like Zoo animals.