The small town of Vavilon hears of the recent Russian Revolution, but attempts to communize it are met with resistance from the rich people living in the town. The Red Army finally puts down the resistance.

Vavilon.XX.1983.DVDRip.x264-HANDJOB.mkv

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https://nitro.download/view/1640AA132E98F60/Vavilon.XX.1983.DVDRip.x264-HANDJOB.mkv

Language(s):Ukrainian, Russian
Subtitles:English, Ukrainian, Russian

The post Ivan Mikolaychuk – Vavilon XX AKA Babylon XX (1983) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

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Colourful ‘optimistic tragedy’ of a poor family in Ukraine, living in the Carpathian mountains near the Romanian border, during the Second World War. Five sons of the family make up the village band, but as the battles between the Nazi-supported Ukranian nationalists and the Soviets go on, their band loses one player after another.

Winner of the Grand prize at the 1971 Moscow Film Festival, White Bird with a Black Mark is set in western Ukraine, in an area that has passed through the control of several nations over the centuries. despairing at the poverty of is family, a boy decides the stork is the cause of all their problems, and sets out to kill it. But soon everyone’s situation will be challenged, as World War II breaks out and the region is carved into warring battle zones, with brother being forced to fight against brother. Yuri Illienko once again brings his dazzling poetic vision to this tale of loyalty to family, to nation, to state—and to oneself. The film is widely considered one of the most important works of the Ukrainian film heritage.

https://nitro.download/view/DB066724B330E2C/The.White.Bird.Marked.With.Black.1971.dvdrip.x264.catrogers.mkv

Language(s):Ukrainian
Subtitles:English

The post Yuri Ilyenko – Bilyy ptakh z chornoyu vidznakoyu AKA The White Bird Marked with Black (1971) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

A timeless Carpathian story – the young Ivan falls in love with the daughter of his father’s killer among the Hutsul people of Ukraine.

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Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors has often been described as a Carpathian Romeo and Juliet – that is, if Romeo had the tenacity to live after his beloved’s death. Sergei Paradjanov prefaces the tragic tale set in the Carpathian mountains as the land “forgotten by God and men”, and from the austerity of the environment, it is evident that survival comes at a high price. In essence, the story is incidental to the observations of daily peasant life: the Orthodox order of mass, the rites of spring, the rhythm of the sickle cutting the fields.

Paradjanov’s startling camerawork is mesmerizing, richly symbolic, and highly original. The tall, thin trees (shot upward), strips of cloth drying in the field, and Ivan’s raft create an exaggerated linearity, a sense of continuity, that provides a paradox to the brevity of their existence, and also symbolizes the eternity of true love. Furthermore, the pervasive religious images in the film: Marichka’s crucifix, the lamb grazing at a cross grave marker, Marichka’s apparition against the window crossbrace, and The Pieta epilogue, are transfigurations of the purity of love. The color composition is bizarre and unnatural: pale, washed, glacial, almost monochromatic hues, infused with jarring touches of red and yellow (note the saturation of red at scene changes). The odd color palette suggests emotional incongruence – a love that cannot materialize – an unrequited passion. Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors is a visionary film, an homage to the dignity of human struggle, and a testament to the inexorable power of destiny.

Tini.zabutykh.predkiv.AKA.Shadows.of.Forgotten.Ancestors.1964.576p.BluRay.DD5.1.x264-SPECTRE.mkv

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Language(s):Ukrainian
Subtitles:English, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Japanese

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