Poland,
2016, 150 min
Directed by:
Wojciech SmarzowskiScreenplay:
Wojciech SmarzowskiCinematography:
Piotr Sobociński Jr.Composer:
Mikolaj TrzaskaCast:
Michalina Łabacz, Arkadiusz Jakubik, Wasyl Wasylik, Adrian Zaremba, Jacek Braciak, Tomasz Sapryk, Izabela Kuna, Kinga Preis, Jaroslaw Gruda (more)VOD (1)
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Volhynia is both a name referring to a historic border region between Poland, Ukraine and Belarus, and a byword for a series of brutal massacres occurring between 1943-1945. Polish auteur Wojtek Smarzowski turns his misanthropic eye to this disorienting period of history, exploring the region's chaotic descent into hell through the will to survive of a young Ukrainian farm girl. It makes for a chilling and graphically violent account of the ugly growth of nationalism. (Edinburgh International Film Festival)
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