Yakiv
- Original title
- Яків
- Directed by
- Viktoriya Trofimenko
- Genre
- drama, history
- Country
- Ukraine
- Runtime
- 2h
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A loyal communist works to establish the party in a Ukrainian village. He watches the forced famine of 1932-33 destroy the community and decides to save 2800 villagers instead of serving the oppressive ideology.
intensesombermoralgrippingthoughtfulhistoricalrestrainedharrowing
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