

They aren't the only couple to have tied the knot with the threat of attack looming over them, with many others not allowing the war to put a stop to their nuptials. "There's a place for love, for kindness, for warmth" in Ukraine, Anton said on their wedding day. They fell in love while volunteering on the ground and soon decided to get married. We want to shine a light on some of these as the war continues in this regular feature.Īnastasiya and Anton held their wedding in a metro station in Kharkiv city, which was serving as a bomb shelter during the early weeks of the war. Tens of thousands of soldiers on both sides have died, civilians have been killed and injured in Russian attacks on Ukrainian territory and many have had to flee their homes due to the threat of shelling and missile strikes.īut Ukrainians have remained resilient during the war as the country defends itself against Moscow's invasion - and some stories of hope have even emerged from the anguish. Spoilers ahead.The war in Ukraine has been raging for almost 17 months. So you'll have to do some research if you want to know more.

While these movies are entertaining, they're not all particularly realistic. Other movies, like the lighter Jake Gyllenhaal rom-com Bubble Boy, add a touch of levity to this otherwise grim subject. The 1994 Lifetime movie A Child's Cry For Help was one of the earliest movies to foreground the disease, though Rolling Stone notes cases of MBP were making the news back in the '60s. Eddie in It has a lot going on besides his mother's hypochondriacal control over his life, though his asthma inhaler is an omnipresent reminder. Some films include the disorder as a character detail of a side plot. Per the Mayo Clinic, the disordered individual "falsely claims that another person has physical or psychological signs or symptoms of illness, or causes injury or disease in another person with the intention of deceiving others." And if you're fascinated by The Act, you may want to check out these 15 movies about Munchausen Syndrome by proxy, which are a surprising mix of horrific and humorous. The dark reality of the seemingly heartwarming relationship between devoted mom Dee Dee Blanchard and her chronically and seriously ill daughter Gypsy Rose was exposed as a case of Munchausen Syndrome by proxy (MBP), or as it's called now, Factitious Disorder Imposed on Another. But, as you probably know, it's based on a true story. The plot of the Hulu series The Act seems almost unthinkable.
