Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (1964)
- Original title
- Тіні забутих предків
- Directed by
- Sergei Parajanov
- Genre
- drama film, romance film, art film
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Rated
- TP
- Rating
- 7.5 of 10 from 184 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
In the Carpathian mountains, a young Hutsul man and woman fall in love despite a long-standing feud between their families. Their story plays out against a backdrop of vivid folk traditions, music, and stunning natural landscapes.
operaticlyricalvisually lushtragicfolkloricintensedreamlikeatmospheric
What happens
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors, alternatively translated into English as Shadows of Our Forgotten Ancestors or Shadows of Our Ancestors (Ukrainian: «Тіні забутих предків», romanized: Tini zabutykh predkiv, pronounced [ˈt⁽ʲ⁾in⁽ʲ⁾i zɐˈbutɪx ˈprɛdkiu̯]), also known in English under the alternative title Wild Horses of Fire and under the mistaken title of In the Shadow of the Past, is a 1965 Soviet-era Ukrainian film directed by Sergei Parajanov. Based on the 1911 novel Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors by Ukrainian author Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky, it tells a "Romeo and Juliet tale" of young Ukrainian Hutsul lovers trapped on opposite sides of a Carpathian family blood feud. The film was Parajanov's first major work and earned him international acclaim for its rich use of costume and colour. The festival program from the 1966 edition of the New York Film Festival described the film as an "avant-garde, extravagant, sumptuous saga" and a "haunting work" that combined folk-songs and atonal music with fantastic camera work. Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors is considered to be the most internationally heralded Ukrainian film in history, and a classic of Ukrainian magical realist cinema. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Verte mne, lyudi (1964)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.