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June Wormwood

2025 · 89 min

A quiet, heartfelt documentary that lets an old man's wartime memories unfold gently, bridging generations through simple conversation.

Directed by
Yuliya Bocharova
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Victor Gladyshev, Anna Gladysheva, Varvara Bocharova
Overview
Viktor Gladyshev's childhood was cruelly interrupted by the war when he was eight years old. His memories, told in adulthood to a modern girl, Varya, create a powerful emotional bridge between generations.

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Directed by
Yuliya Bocharova
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Victor Gladyshev, Anna Gladysheva, Varvara Bocharova
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • memory
  • war
  • trauma
  • aging
  • family
Places
  • countryside
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour1
Realism9
Romance0
Tension3
Darkness5
Complexity4
Emotional weight8

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Genres
documentary
Directed by
Yuliya Bocharova
Written by
Daria Petrenko, Yuliya Bocharova
Starring
Victor Gladyshev, Anna Gladysheva, Varvara Bocharova, Natalia Sukhinina
Music
Mikhail Fomin
Cinematography
Vyacheslav Prokopenko
Runtime
89 min
Country
Russia
Languages
Russian

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