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Guidebook

2004 · 109 min

A drifting, talky city mosaic that feels like people-watching through several lenses, warm and wry but slow and loosely held together.

Directed by
Alexander Shapiro
Genres
Drama
Starring
Oleksiy Horbunov, Georgiy Drozd, Volodymyr Horiansky
Overview
Imagine that several cameras have moved from the outskirts to the center, capturing the most interesting and informative moments of city life in different parts of the city along the way. The characters of the film are its viewers: natives of Kyiv, provincials who have come to seek their fortune, capitalist tourists — in short, those who make life in the city so vibrant. Every day we find ourselves in a variety of situations and solve a multitude of issues, from renting an apartment in the center to finding a notary in Novobelychi — urban trends, tastes, prices, priorities, routes, the labor and real estate markets, the past, present, and future.

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Directed by
Alexander Shapiro
Genres
Drama
Starring
Oleksiy Horbunov, Georgiy Drozd, Volodymyr Horiansky
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How it feels

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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • class
  • work
  • family
  • isolation
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour3
Realism8
Romance2
Tension2
Darkness3
Complexity6
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Alexander Shapiro
Written by
Alexander Shapiro
Starring
Oleksiy Horbunov, Georgiy Drozd, Volodymyr Horiansky, Kostiantyn Shaforenko, Evgeniya Gladiy, Alla Sergiyko, Volodymyr Yamnenko, Vitalii Linetskyi
Cinematography
Pavel Oleksienko
Runtime
109 min
Country
Ukraine
Languages
English, Russian, Ukrainian

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