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The Effect of Presence

2004 · 115 min

A quiet, drifting walk through a city's memory, more mood and encounter than plot.

Directed by
Leonid Pavlovskyi
Genres
Drama
Starring
Valeriy Bassel, Anatoly Trukhin, Volodymyr Nosyrev
Overview
Odesa in the early 2000s. A few local residents go to the cemetery to remove the monuments of famous Odesa citizens. All along the way, they encounter phenomena and people characteristic of the city.

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Directed by
Leonid Pavlovskyi
Genres
Drama
Starring
Valeriy Bassel, Anatoly Trukhin, Volodymyr Nosyrev
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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • memory
    • death
    • identity
    Places
    • big city
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror1
    Humour3
    Realism7
    Romance1
    Tension3
    Darkness5
    Complexity6
    Emotional weight5

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    Leonid Pavlovskyi
    Written by
    Yuri Razumovsky, Aleksey Leontyev
    Starring
    Valeriy Bassel, Anatoly Trukhin, Volodymyr Nosyrev, Oksana Pastushenko, Sergey Yurkov, Oleh Fendiura, Dmitriy Lysenko, Yelena Yanovskaya
    Runtime
    115 min
    Country
    Ukraine
    Languages
    Russian

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