In HBO's Chernobyl, how does Professor Ulana know Lyudmila was pregnant?
When Professor Ulana Khomyuk visits the hospital in Moscow to talk to the plant workers, she sees Lyudmilla in her husband's room, inside the plastic, and inmediately goes nuclear (pun intended). When the nurse comes in, Professor Ulana Khomyuk asks her something like "How can you let a pregnant woman in here?".
The thing is, Lydmilla is pregnant but it is not visually evident yet, how can Ulana know? Was there some scene where they met before that was edited out of the final cut? Did I miss something?
Best Answer
If I remember the shots correctly (I watched this last week, but it's possible that I have conflated or misinterpreted things):
Immediately before this scene, we see Lyudmilla tell Vasily (her husband) that they're going to have a baby, and we see her take his hand. When Prof. Khomyuk looks through the window, we cut to a shot (from Prof. Khomyuk's POV) showing that Lyudmilla has placed Vasily's hand on her womb. Prof. Khomyuk, seeing a young couple in such a pose, correctly interprets this gesture to mean that Lyudmilla is pregnant.
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What happens to the pregnant lady in Chernobyl?
Vasily and Lyudmilla Ignatenko had one child following a previous unsuccessful pregnancy: Natasha Ignatenko. Reportedly born with congenital heart defects and cirrhosis of the liver, she died shortly after she was born and was buried with her father in Mitinskoe Cemetery, Moscow.Was ulana Khomyuk a real person?
If you've never heard the name Ulana Khomyuk prior to the release of the HBO series "Chernobyl," you're not alone. While most of the show's characters were based on real-life participants in the 1986 nuclear disaster, Khomyuk's character (played by Emily Watson) was invented by writer and producer Craig Mazin.Is HBO series Chernobyl accurate?
The series, for the most part, gave us an accurate look into the history, politics, and science of the disaster, with great attention to detail in the production and writing. Granted, HBO did take a few creative liberties for the sake of better storytelling, but most of the changes are justifiable.Who is the female professor in Chernobyl?
Valery LegasovResting placeNovodevichy Cemetery, MoscowAlma materD. Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of RussiaKnown forChief Scientific Advisor of the commission investigating the Chernobyl disasterSpouse(s)Margarita Mikhailovna Legasova11 more rowsWe Own This City | Making Of | HBO
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