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The Literate Man

1987 · 28 min

A wry, talky village-room drama where a small dispute becomes a lively, humane airing of community grievances.

Overview
An unprecedented piece of news spreads through the village: a comrades’ court is to be held between collective farm brigade leader Yakiv Brus and an old woman named Motria, whom he struck on the head. The village club fills with people eager to sort out what seems to be every pressing issue at once.

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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
  • absurdstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • justice
  • class
  • power
  • family
  • morality
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour5
Realism8
Romance1
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity5
Emotional weight4

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Details

Directed by
Stanislav Chernilevskyi
Starring
Yurii Mazhuha, Valentyna Saltovska, Nataliya Gebdovskaya, Bohdan Beniuk, Petro Beniuk, Vasiliy Fushchich, Valentin Chernyak, Liudmyla Lobza
Cinematography
Andrii Alfiorov
Runtime
28 min
Country
Soviet Union
Languages
Ukrainian

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