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The Wild Fields (2018)

The Wild Fields poster
Original title
Дике поле
Directed by
Yaroslav Lodygin
Genre
drama film
Country
Ukraine
Runtime
2h
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 19 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man returns to his hometown in eastern Ukraine to find it nearly empty and under threat. He tries to hold onto the place and what is left of his past.

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What happens

The Wild Fields (Ukrainian: «Дике поле», romanized: Dyke pole, Russian: «Дикое поле», romanized: Dikoye polye) is a Ukrainian eastern film based on Serhiy Zhadan's 2010 novel, Voroshylovhrad. It was developed by LIMELITE Production, in collaboration with the Ukraine TV channel, Media Group Ukraine, the Ukrainian State Film Agency, and the Swiss production studio Film Brut. The film was released in Ukraine on 9 November 2018. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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