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Films from the country "ukraine", sorted by revenue
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House with a Turret (2012)
, 1h20Directed by Eva Neïman
Origin Ukraine
Genres Drama, War
Themes Politique, Political films
Actors Katerina Golubeva, Albert Filozov, Maria Politseymako
À l'hiver 1944, un garçonnet de huit ans traverse l'URSS en train, accompagné de sa mère, afin de rendre visite à son grand-père. Le voyage se trouve compromis lorsque la mère tombe gravement malade : hospitalisée d’urgence, elle meurt du typhus dans un village inconnu plongé par la Seconde Guerre mondiale dans une misère sombre, comme de nombreuses autres bourgades du pays. Livré à lui-même au milieu de paysages désolés et d'une population cupide et nécessiteuse, l'enfant reste toutefois déterminé à mener à terme son périple.
Khaytarma (2013)
, 1h30Origin Ukraine
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Actors Alexeï Gorbounov ou Aleksey Gorbunov
Récit d'une date tragique dans l'histoire de la nation tatare de Crimée - 18 mai 1944 - Déportation des Tatars de Crimée par Talin. Le personnage principal du film - un pilote, deux fois héros de l'Union soviétique, Amehtan Sultan - se rend en permission à sa ville natale, Alupka, en mai 1944 et assiste à la déportation.
Paradjanov (2013)
, 1h35Directed by Serge Avédikian
Origin Ukraine
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Serge Avédikian, Yulia Peresild
De Kiev à Tbilissi, la vie mouvementée de Sergueï Paradjanov, réalisateur soviétique d'avant-garde, poète, plasticien et touche-à-tout baroque. Reconnu dès sa jeunesse comme un maître grâce à deux films phares, il va payer cher son anticonformisme farouche, son goût de la provocation et son refus de toute forme d'autorité.
Delirium (2013)
Directed by Ihor Podolchak
Origin Ukraine
Genres Drama, Crime
A family asks a young psychiatrist to be their guest for a while and help look after their father who’s developed a suicidal fixation for ropes and knots among other things. It is also entirely possible that the mental health of the guest that is the real cause for concern.
Birds of Paradise (2008)
, 1h34Directed by Roman Balaïan
Origin Ukraine
Actors Oksana Akinchina, Oleg Yankovsky
Sappho (2008)
, 1h32Origin Ukraine
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Feminist films, Films about sexuality, Bisexuality-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Bohdan Stupka
En 1926, au temps où tout semblait encore possible, un couple américain en voyage de noces se rend dans l'île grecque de Lesbos. La jeune mariée, Sappho y rencontre Helena, une Russe décidément bien entreprenante et désirable. Mais Helena est-elle plus intéressée par Sappho que par son mari ?
Orange Love (2007)
, 1h32Origin Ukraine
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Aleksey Chadov
Deux jeunes gens se rencontrent dans un tramway. Lui, un jeune photographe de mode très demandé et voyageur infatigable. Elle, une jeune violoncelliste, étudiante. Ces deux jeunes gens vont tomber amoureux... et décident de s'installer loin du monde : ils entrent dans un appartement vide, coupent le téléphone et suppriment la sonnette. À partir de là, chaque jour sera consacré à leur passion l'un pour l'autre.
Two in One (2007)
, 2h4Directed by Kira Mouratova
Origin Ukraine
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Nina Rouslanova, Renata Litvinova, Bohdan Stupka
Deux histoires de théâtre se mêlent. Dans la première, un acteur meurt sur scène : règlements de compte, rivalités dévoilées... Que faire ? Continuer la pièce !
At the River (2006)
, 1h24Directed by Eva Neïman
Origin Ukraine
Themes Feminist films
Actors Maria Politseymako
Une mère et sa fille, arrivées à l'âge ou la différence d'âge devient presque invisible, entament une marche le long d'une rivière. La conversation évolue vers l'éternelle question de la jeunesse...
A Prayer for Hetman Mazepa (2002)
, 2h32Directed by Youri Illienko
Origin Ukraine
Genres Drama, Historical
Actors Bohdan Stupka, Nikita Djigourda, Youri Illienko
Début du XVIII siècle. L’hetman Mazepa mène une vie tumultueuse : alliance avec le roi de Suède Charles XII, défaite de la Poltava en 1709, massacre de la capitale Batouryn par les armées du Tsar.
The Muscovite-Sorcerer (1995)
, 1h17Origin Ukraine
Genres Comedy, Musical
Actors Ruslana Pysanka
The story takes place in Ukraine at the start of 19th century. It shows how a local clerk, Fintyk, tries to seduce a female farmer, Tetyana, whose husband, Mykhailo, as a Chumak left for Crimea for nine weeks to transport salt. The couple was taken by surprise when a Russian army soldier came over and asked for a stay. All soldiers, if they were not cossacks and, of course, did not speak Ukrainian, in Ukraine were called moskali (moskal - singular) hence the name of the movie. The young lady tries to cover up her out-of-marriage relationship and let the soldier to stay for rest. When Mykhailo arrives soon thereafter she hides the clerk. Moskal knew that something is going on between Tetyana and Fintyk yet he finds a common ground with his hostess. They agreed to get rid of the clerk yet not to spoil her marriage. Then there are few scenes that reflect the peculiar inter-ethnic relationship between Ukrainians and Russians in face of the soldier. By the end of the movie the soldier finally pulls the clerk out of a hiding place while Mykhailo is blacking out whether out of a liquor or being shocked realizing the situation. In the last scene everybody explains to Mykhailo what have really happened and why. The husband gets really mad and has an intent to kill everybody, but moskal steps in just in time to defuse the situation.
Las Meninas (2008)
, 1h39Directed by Dean Karr, Ihor Podolchak
Origin Ukraine
Genres Drama
The film is about what the routine of everyday life can do to the human mind and psyche. It also reflects on the importance of the choices we make and how limited these choices are in the first place. The plot evolves around a family of four. They live in the suburbs, in a strange villa that appears, through a complex game of mirrors, to be more like a piece of installation art than a real house. The main character, who hardly appears on screen, is the son, a man in his thirties. Suffering from asthma and eczema since childhood, he uses his condition to manipulate his parents and his sister. Thus the existence of the terrorized family turns into an endless ritual of attempting to satisfy his whims, and always on the alert for yet another one of his “health crises”.
The Undefeated (2000)
, 1h44Origin Ukraine
Genres Drama, War
Themes Political films
Actors Gregory Hlady
In 1950, long after the world has finished fighting World War II, a fight continues behind the newly drawn Iron Curtain: as the Ukrainians keep fighting both Nazi and Soviet abuses, General Roman Shukhevych (Hryhoriy Hladiy) is forced by brutal circumstances and his own sense of honor and duty to lead this effort as an underground war.
My Joy (2010)
, 2h7Directed by Sergei Loznitsa
Origin Ukraine
Genres Drama
Themes Transport films, Films about automobiles, Trucker films, Road movies
Actors Vlad Ivanov, Boris Kamorzine
It is summer, and young driver Georgy takes his light truck on a trip to another town with a cargo of flour. He is stopped at a road police post by a pair of rude and corrupt policemen. While they are flirting with the woman they stopped earlier, Georgy manages to grab his papers and leave unnoticed. There he picks up a hitchhiker, an old man who recounts him a disturbing story. Soon after WWII, while returning home from the front, he was blatantly robbed by a station commandant, and later killed him in retaliation. On another stop the old man leaves as abruptly as he appeared.