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«Slovo» House (2022)

«Slovo» House poster
Original title
Будинок «Слово». Нескінчений роман
Directed by
Taras Tomenko
Genre
drama film
Country
Ukraine
Runtime
2h
Rating
8.2 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

The film follows Ukrainian writers who are brought together and forced to write for the Soviet regime. Their hopeful start in a communal building turns into a nightmare of control and fear.

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What happens

Slovo House: Unfinished Novel (Ukrainian: «Будинок „Слово“: Нескінчений роман», romanized: Budynok "Slovo": Neskinchenyi roman) is a Ukrainian feature film directed by Taras Tomenko. The film presents a dramatic story of Ukrainian writers who were gathered under one roof and forced to work in the name of the Soviet system. It is a story about how a communist paradise turned into a communist hell. The world premiere of the film took place in 2021 at the 37th Warsaw Film Festival. The Ukrainian premiere was held in Chernivtsi on 17 June 2022 at the Mykolaichuk OPEN Festival. The film was released in cinemas on 9 May 2024. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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