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The Eve of Ivan Kupalo

1968 · 71 min

A hypnotic, hallucinatory plunge into folklore and guilt, where every frame feels like a fever dream.

Directed by
Yurii Illienko
Genres
Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Overview
Petro is a modest farmhand living in an impoverished village in some unspecified long-ago era. He wants to marry the lovely Pidorka, but her stern father won't hear of it. The mischievous demon Basavriuk, offers a deal, enticing Petro into crime for the sake of fortune.

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Directed by
Yurii Illienko
Genres
Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
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Tone
  • eeriestrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • greed
  • guilt
  • obsession
  • fate
  • betrayal
Places
  • countryside
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror5
Humour2
Realism3
Romance4
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity8
Emotional weight7

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Genres
drama, fantasy, mystery
Directed by
Yurii Illienko
Written by
Yurii Illienko
Starring
Larisa Kadochnikova, Boris Khmelnitsky, Oleksandr Sergienko, Davyd Yanover, Dmytro Franko, Yevgeni Fridman, Gemma Firsova, Konstantin Ershov
Music
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Cinematography
Vadym Illienko
Runtime
71 min
Country
Soviet Union
Languages
Ukrainian

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