Come and See (1985)
- Original title
- Иди и смотри
- Directed by
- Elem Klimov
- Genre
- tragedy, drama film, war film, thriller film, partisan film
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Runtime
- 2h 26m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 8.2 of 10 from 1,871 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
A young teenager joins a partisan unit during the Nazi occupation of Belarus. He witnesses extreme violence and suffering as the war destroys everything around him.
harrowingvisceralunsettlingintenseslow-burnbleaksurrealdisturbingrelentless
What happens
Come and See is a 1985 Soviet epic historical anti-war film directed by Elem Klimov and starring Aleksei Kravchenko and Olga Mironova. Its screenplay, written by Klimov and Ales Adamovich, is based on the 1971 novel Khatyn (Russian: Хаты́нь), and the 1977 collection of survivor testimonies I Am from the Fiery Village (Russian: Я из огненной деревни, romanized: Ya iz ognennoy derevni), of which Adamovich was a co-author. Klimov had to fight eight years of censorship from the Soviet authorities before he was allowed to produce the film in its entirety. The film's plot focuses on the German occupation of Byelorussia during World War II, and the events as witnessed by a young Belarusian teenager named Flyora, who joins a partisan unit, and thereafter depicts the Nazi atrocities and human suffering inflicted upon the populace. The film mixes hyper-realism with an underlying surrealism, and philosophical existentialism with poetical, psychological, political and apocalyptic themes. The film received positive reviews during its initial release and received the FIPRESCI prize at the 14th Moscow International Film Festival. It is the last film that Klimov directed before his death. Come and See has received widespread acclaim in more recent years. The portrayal of the horror, bloody brutality, and psychological damage of the Khatyn massacre and the broader Nazi terror of German occupation of Byelorussia during World War II has been widely praised by critics, and Kravchenko's performance has been lauded as one of the best instances of child acting in a motion picture. It has since come to be considered one of the greatest films of all time, particularly in the anti-war film genre. In 2022, it was ranked the 41st greatest film of all time in the Sight & Sound directors' poll and 104th in their critics' poll. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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