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Maidan (2014)
, 2h10Directed by Sergei Loznitsa
Origin Ukraine
Genres Documentary
Themes Documentary films about historical events, Documentary films about politics, Political films
The follow explores and follows the protests and violence in Kiev's Maidan Nezalezhnosti (Independence Square) which lead to the overthrow of President Viktor Yanukovych.
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.
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.
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 ?
Servant Of The People 2 (2016)
Origin Ukraine
Genres Drama, Comedy
Le président Vassile Goloborodko (Volodymyr Zelensky) est au pouvoir depuis six mois. La situation économique du pays s'est déteriorée,
The Tribe (2014)
, 2h10Directed by Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy
Origin Ukraine
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes L'adolescence, Films about education, Films about children, Feminist films, Pregnancy films, Medical-themed films, Films about sexuality, Rape in fiction, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Films about disabilities, Political films, Erotic thriller films, Sign-language films, Films about language and translation
A young shy boy arrives at a boarding school for the deaf. There he tries to find his place in the hierarchy of the school community, which operates like a Mafiosi group ruled by the King.
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.
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.
The Guide (2014)
, 2h2Origin Ukraine
Genres Drama, Historical
Soviet Ukraine, 1930s. American engineer Michael Shamrock arrives in Kharkiv with his ten-year-old son, Peter to help "build socialism". He falls in love with an actress Olga who has another admirer, Commissar Vladimir.
Birds of Paradise (2008)
, 1h34Directed by Roman Balaïan
Origin Ukraine
Actors Oksana Akinchina, Oleg Yankovsky