Pamfir

Pamfir

2022 · 106 min · UK · 7.7 (31 votes)
Dir. Dmytro Sukholytkyi-Sobchuk · Starring Oleksandr Yatsentiuk, Solomiia Kyrylova, Stanislav Potiak, Olena Khokhlatkina, Myroslav Makoviichuk, Ivan Sharan · Music Laëtitia Pansanel-Garric
DramaCrime

When reformed ex-smuggler Pamfir returns to home to his village on the Ukrainian border after working abroad for several years, he’s determined to earn an honest living and set a good example for his beloved teenage son Nazar. But in a town where corruption runs deep and crime and religion are inextricably linked, his plan is quickly thwarted when Nazar sets fire to the local church in a misguided effort to keep him at home. To pay for the damage, Pamfir must take on one last job for a crime syndicate operating a risky smuggling venture in a place where all the rules have changed.

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A raw, unflinching look at a father's desperate choices in a community steeped in tradition and corruption. It's a visceral, almost ritualistic descent into a world where honor is paid in blood and survival demands impossible sacrifices.

grittytensevisceralsombersteadyfolk horrorarthouseneo-realismfamilyhonortraditioncorruption
▶ Stream on Criterion Channel, Klassiki
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