Completed - UKRANIAN, ENGLISH - Drama, Historical, True Story - 120 minutes
American boy Peter and kobzar Ivan are thrown together by fate amidst the turbulent mid-30s Soviet Ukraine; boy becomes blind minstrel’s guide and the only witness of Ukrainian kobzars’ execution.
Year of production : 2014 Director(s) : Oles SANIN Writer(s) : Oles SANIN, Olexandr IRVANETS, Iren ROZDOBUD’KO Cast : Aleksandr KOBZAR, Anton GREENE, Irina SANINA, Jamala , Jeff BURRELL, Oleh PRYMOHENOV, Stanislav BOKLAN Producer(s) : Maxim ASADCHIY (PRONTO FILM), Igor SAVYCHENKO, Oles SANIN
Film is set in the early 30s Soviet Ukraine, at the times of industrialization, collectivization, Big Hunger and liquidation of the intellectuals. Untroubled life of Peter Shamrock, American specialist’s son, changes in a moment. His father is killed. Peter is saved from persecutors by a miracle. This “miracle” is kobzar (blind minstrel) Ivan Kocherga. The boy becomes his guide. Their journey, full of dramatic events, is cut in the winter of 1934. Ivan with other kobzars is executed in the environs of Kharkiv. Peter remains the only alive witness of that tragic event.
Country(ies) : UKRAINE
Warsaw FF 2014 (Nomination for Grand Prix)Int'l Film Fest. Of india, Goa 2014 (Panorama )Cottbus IFF 2014 (Panorama)Odessa IFF 2014 (Best Actor, Jury Diploma for Cinematography)Palm Springs IFF 2015Bari IFF 2015 (Special Mention)