Kamennyj krest
Камiнний хрест
Directed by:
Leonid OsykaPlots(1)
A 19th-century poetic story about poor Carpathian mountaineers. Its protagonist, Ivan, is an aging farmer who had sadly not been stripped of his poverty even by the title cross erected over his weakly fertile field. Ivan's family's departure to Canada for a better life is emotionally shared by the whole village as a traditional pannychis. The film, shot using rough black and white images, momentarily resembles a documentary report. (Febiofest)
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A lyrically conceived story of the painful farewell of the poor farmer Ivan to his native, though cruel homeland. The main part of the film captures the last farewell of the old farmer to his community and the countryside, which he knows he will never see again after realizing his lifelong dream of emigrating to Canada. But before all the villagers can solemnly bid farewell to their comrade and symbolically serve the requiem mass for someone with whom they are forever saying goodbye, they must first deal with another unexpected complication - a thief who wants to destroy the dream of the farmer. Needless to say, the people of the Ukrainian Carpathians are able to take care of such matters in their own way. This is not a second coming of Sergei Parajanov, but even so, the captivatingly cold black and white camera, as well as the raw poetic shots of the infertile landscape and the rejoicing men, have much to offer.
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