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Povodyr

  • 2014
  • 2h 2m
IMDb RATING
7.7/10
3.6K
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Anton Sviatoslav Greene in Povodyr (2014)
Povodyr
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During the 1930s, an American boy visiting Ukraine becomes caught up in Soviet efforts to exterminate millions of Ukrainians.During the 1930s, an American boy visiting Ukraine becomes caught up in Soviet efforts to exterminate millions of Ukrainians.During the 1930s, an American boy visiting Ukraine becomes caught up in Soviet efforts to exterminate millions of Ukrainians.

  • Director
    • Oles Sanin
  • Writers
    • Olexandr Irvanets
    • Lesya Kalynska
    • Iren Rozdobudko
  • Stars
    • Stanislav Boklan
    • Jeff Burrell
    • Boris Georgievskiy
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.7/10
    3.6K
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    • Director
      • Oles Sanin
    • Writers
      • Olexandr Irvanets
      • Lesya Kalynska
      • Iren Rozdobudko
    • Stars
      • Stanislav Boklan
      • Jeff Burrell
      • Boris Georgievskiy
    • 14User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 5 wins & 4 nominations total

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    Stanislav Boklan
    Stanislav Boklan
    • Ivan Kocherga
    Jeff Burrell
    Jeff Burrell
    • Michael Shamrock
    Boris Georgievskiy
    Boris Georgievskiy
    • Collective farm chairman
    Anton Sviatoslav Greene
    • Peter Shamrock
    Andriy Haddad
    • Vasya
    Jamala
    Jamala
    • Olga
    Aleksandr Kobzar
    Aleksandr Kobzar
    • Comrade Vladimir
    • (as Oleksandr Kobzar)
    Oleg Primogenov
    Oleg Primogenov
    • Sytnyk
    Irina Sanina
    • Orysia
    Veronika Shostak
    Veronika Shostak
    • Natalka
    Serhiy Zhadan
    • Mikhaylo Semenko
    • (as Sergiy Zhadan)
    • Director
      • Oles Sanin
    • Writers
      • Olexandr Irvanets
      • Lesya Kalynska
      • Iren Rozdobudko
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    6thiagofmello

    A well-made historical drama, with some flaws.

    The Guide is a nice Ukranian historical drama from 2014 directed by Oles Sanin. It is really well made and has some good performances. Cinematography is quite overexposed on many scenes, making the actual look of the movie kind of artificial with overly dramatic lights or forced lack of colors, specially on the first half. When it explores the rural landscapes, the heavy snow, fog and the open air scenes, the results is far more effective. Anton Sviatoslav Greene was a good cast for the little Ukranian-American boy character, the same for Aleksandr Kobzar as Comrade Vladimir. These are my favorite performances on The Guide. The Kobzar universe is quite interesting and the music they play and sing is really stunning, but the whole "fight" thing was completely unnecessary - despite that it was factual, the results on screen vary from bad to worst, and doesn't add anything to the plot, neither help them to avoid their fate. All this together with a script that is sometimes a bit confusing, specially for non Ukranian audiences, I rate it 7 out of 10. Worth watching anyway!
    10ejf2161

    A very powerful commentary and an absolute joy to watch.

    The director is tremendously talented. The style is reminiscent of Andrei Tarkovsky's Stalker. Despite the sadness of some of the events, you are immersed in a world of supernatural beauty. The journeys through nature have a ethereal transcendent quality to them. The blindness of a leading character adds to this. The death toll of Stalin's famine was estimated at 7-10 million. This was one of the worst cases of genocide in human history. In this movie your soul feels the weight of this tragedy, but the movie does not dwell on this. It is setting, not the main narrative thrust. Hope and tender moments of compassion fill the screen. When this movie shows tragedy it is ultimately contrasted with a resistance of a human spirit that refuses to die. This movie is also a powerful reminder. The false promises of communism, which merely pretends to be a collectivist philosophy while actually operating more like a mafia, are juxtaposed with the real promises of compassion and love for ones neighbor. We are also shown communist propaganda tactics that mask true intentions and create confusion. Similar spin tactics accompany the war today. This is the film that Ukraine needed to make in response to what is happening to it right now. But it is so much more than that.
    10t-kovalets

    One of the best Ukrainian movies ever...

    When I heard about this movie in the first time, sincerely, I was intrigued. Ukrainian film production is surviving sphere, but indeed it can produce GOOD movies, with unexpected, not trivial plot, strong and mysterious characters, dramatic end.

    This film has it's soul too. Minstrel's songs, chaotic escaping and changing of epochs in totalitarian empire via pure eyes of ten-year boy...

    This film deserves to be watched. Definitely.

    P.S. Maybe You don't know, but in real life NKVD chief's surname is Kobzar (minstrel). And. I await the next generation of Ukrainian films: about Kyiv Rus, Zaporozhian Host, epic and big-budget. Soon.
    10annazdorovko

    Highly recommend!

    This is one of the must-see films for those who wants to meet struggling Ukrainian history and to know the true face of the Soviet reign.
    8maryanapigur-236-350436

    Hope for a brilliant future

    This film is really valuable for me like for thousands other people. Because of its story lines, kobza-player's songs, picturesque Ukrainian nature and incredible mix of emotions like "laughing through crying". "The Guide" for me is a promise for the great future of cinema in my Motherland, because this film is valuable for Ukrainians only, but not for the whole world now. Let me begin from bad side of "The Guide". It's Jamala's unnatural play. She don't live in the film. She is trying to play. And this is the thing, which give opportunity for growing to Oles Sanin and Ukrainian cinema. Then, someone said Grin's play wasn't so good, but it can't be usual or whole-understandable for us, because he is a person from different country and culture both in real life and film. That's all about bad sides. Maybe, its worth to say smth about dialogs, but that which were played by brilliant actors are good and . I am completely sure co-scenes of Stanislav Boklan and Irina Sanina were the best, because of its authenticity and premiere on the "big screen". I should say a big "Thank you!" to Sergii Mihalchuk, who took a picture, and whole film team (I don't really know who should get the biggest appreciation, except of director and actors, of course). Another advantage its shooting in Ukrainian picturesque nature, which takes a heart with it for a long months (I have watched "The Guide" in November, but I still remember that moments of delight by simply watching native landscapes). Year, so many words without mentioning dramatic storyline in this film, which should play, actually, the main role. But for me it isn't smth new, unknown. I can't even imagine how it was. And I'm really stressful-less person, so it hasn't touched me. Only mentioned that it really-really-really and I have a huge reason to live for. Mistake isn't excused. But "The Guide" is still the best and you still should watch it to understand and to move our history on.

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      The American boy who flees from NKVD and becomes Ivan Korcherga's guide is played by Anton Sviatoslav Greene from Ann Arbor, Michigan, whose great-grandfather Mykhailo Soroka was a political prisoner of a Soviet labor camp. His Americanized Ukrainian language was an ideal fit for the part of the son of a US engineer.

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    • Release date
      • November 12, 2014 (Ukraine)
    • Country of origin
      • Ukraine
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    • Languages
      • Ukrainian
      • Russian
      • English
    • Also known as
      • The Guide
    • Filming locations
      • Kharkiv, Ukraine
    • Production companies
      • Pronto Film
      • Ukrainian State Film Agency
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    • Budget
      • $2,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross worldwide
      • $905,985
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    • Runtime
      • 2h 2m(122 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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