Cherkasy

Truthfully depicted, atmospheric and emotional. The plot and picture are rich and interesting, especially considering such a small budget.

In view of recent events, interest in Ukrainian military films is growing. In my opinion, this movie is definitely worth watching. The depiction of the events preceding the Russian aggression is quite accurate. This is confirmed by a large number of underestimates from Rusbots.

This is not a high-budget blockbuster, not a Marvel fantasy, but a movie about people, about their experiences and about the sense of dignity and duty, the desire for freedom even in front of a stronger enemy.

What impresses in this movie? The reality. The actors and the team didn't try to show Ukrainian side as an ideal and wonderful world which fights with the other. They showed a story of people who loved their motherland even if it is poor and is in trouble.

We see 2 stories - one is a Lev story. The 29 y.o. from village who lost all his connections to this world and finds his new life in Cherkasy ship.

The second story is the sailor world. With all their daily life, bad food, bad climate and soviet equipment.

When two these worlds collided with the third one - Russians, we feel the grief and misfortune of poor people. And real patriots.

Nice music at the end. Nice atmosphere. Thank you.

Amazing work where political issues and growing up comes hand-in-hand. A touching journey about boys becoming men depicted here with tasteful subtleness and great care for human complexity.

Have sponsored this mess of a ukranian heroic military flick. its a waiting gamefrom start to end, and at a scale of one to ten of heroism, this scores two. the russian annectation oc ukrainian crimea in 2014 was a cruel attack for sure, and the conflict is still going on, but this was a cheap deliverance of ukranian propagandism. its tells the difference between the patriot and the cujo, for the rest its just a story of a military ships cadaver dicipline and fresh seamen torture by the rules of the senior crew.

so as a historical document it doesnt qualify at all, productionwise its hyper analogue and made without the help of tomas dolby and the stereo brothers. theyve used the last remains of kodakcolour 35 mm cinemascope filmrolls to make this flare over the silverscreen, and as for the acting its daft, boring and absolutely out of order as a patriotic flick to cry out the national anthem for. ill bet the russians had a good laugh when viewing this.

the grumpy old man though ,have had great sympathies for the ukranian people after the insurgens and war activities started, so ill grant this flick a 4 in the memories of them lost lives and loss of existence and livelihood. a must see recommendation will not be cried out loud.

Ukrainian cinema is starting to become strong and interesting! Hope to see new paintings in the future! Cherkasy - a great picture!