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Poster for Klondike

Klondike

2022 · 100 min

A tense, slow-burn immersion into a family's stubborn stand as war and catastrophe close in around their home.

Directed by
Maryna Er Gorbach
Genres
Drama, War
Starring
Oksana Cherkashyna, Serhii Shadrin, Oleh Scherbyna
Overview
The story of a Ukrainian family living on the border of Russia and Ukraine during the start of the war. Irka refuses to leave her house even as the village gets captured by armed forces. Shortly after they find themselves at the center of an international air crash catastrophe on July 17, 2014.

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Directed by
Maryna Er Gorbach
Genres
Drama, War
Starring
Oksana Cherkashyna, Serhii Shadrin, Oleh Scherbyna
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Tone
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 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
  • war
  • family
  • survival
  • isolation
  • trauma
Places
  • countryside
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror3
Humour1
Realism8
Romance2
Tension8
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama, war
Directed by
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Written by
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Starring
Oksana Cherkashyna, Serhii Shadrin, Oleh Scherbyna, Oleh Shevchuk, Artur Aramyan, Yevhen Yefremov, Oleg Shcherbina, Nadir Samedov
Music
Zviad Mgebry
Cinematography
Sviatoslav Bulakovskyi
Runtime
100 min
Country
Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America
Languages
Ukrainian, Dutch, Chechen, Russian, English

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