Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors | Filmprogram Ukraine mon Amour, part II
“Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors” (1964) by Serghiy Paradzhanov is a classic among ukrainian film and opens the second part of our film program “Ukraine mon Amour”.
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors by Serghiy Paradzhanov,
1964, 95 Min., with English subtitles
In the Carpathian Mountains of 19th-century Ukraine, love, hate, life and death among the Hutsul people are as they’ve been since time began. Little Hutsul Ivanko Paliychuk witnesses the death of his father in a fight with a man from the enemy Gutenyuk family. During these events, Ivan meets Marichka, the daughter of his father’s killer. Ivan and Marichka grow up and spend a lot of time together and fall in love with each other. Ivan goes to work in the meadows, planning to return before winter and marry Marichka. However, Marichka dies suddenly. Ivan marries another woman – but he still longs for Marichka.
The film program Ukraine mon Amour was created in cooperation with Nadia Parfan and TAKFLIX – as well as the previously shown film program Inside Ukraine (film evening 1, film evening 2, film evening 3, film evening 4).
Nadia Parfan is a filmmaker and co-founder of 86 Festival of Film and Urbanism and a member of TAKFLIX, the only streaming service for Ukrainian cinema.
