Pamfir (2022)

Original title

Памфір

Directed by

Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk

Genre

drama film

Country

Chile, Ukraine, France, Poland

Runtime

1h 47m

Rated

N-16

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 79 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man returns to his rural hometown in western Ukraine for a traditional holiday. He tries to support his family while dealing with local power dynamics and his own troubled past.

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What happens

Pamfir (Ukrainian: «Памфір») is a 2022 Ukrainian fictional feature film directed by Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk, which world premiered on May 22, 2022, at the 75th Festival de Cannes, in the selection of the 54th Directors' Fortnight. In Ukrainian distribution since March 23, 2023. From June 22 that year, the film was released on Netflix. The film received the main prize of the Cairo International Film Festival, the Grand Prix of the Kyiv International Film Festival Molodist, took part in many international film festivals. Pamfir was named among the best films of 2023 by The Guardian. Oleksandr Yatsentiuk played the leading role. The film was made before Russian full-scale invasion in Ukraine, and became one of the most important artistic expressions about contemporary Ukraine – its unbreakable spirit and will for life. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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