Country: Ukraine

Mr. Jones

Set in the 1930s, amid the posturing and jostling preceding WWII, Mr. Jones sees Stalin promoting the Soviet “utopia” to the Western world. A young journalist travels to Moscow to uncover the truth behind the propaganda. But what then? Having herself been persecuted and driven out of Communist Poland, Agnieszka Holland has first-hand experience of
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Pamfir

A family man returned from working abroad is dragged back into crime for one last job. Thrilling and compelling Ukrainian drama set deep in the Carpathians during carnival season, drawing on local folklore to great visual and dramatic effect. "Savagely cinematic, charged with feral energy" (Guardian)."Bold and brave, like its protagonist, PAMFIR gorges on its…
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