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Black Candle of the Bright Road. In memory of Vasyl Stus
1992 · 152 min
A solemn, slow memorial of testimony and grief that asks for patience and leaves a heavy, quiet ache.
- Directed by
- Stanislav Chernilevskyi
- Genres
- Documentary
- Starring
- Oleksandr Kochnev, Dmytro Stus, Vasyl Stus
- Overview
- Documentary trilogy about the thorny path of the famous Ukrainian poet, translator, political prisoner Vasyl Stus. Filmed in 1989-1992, it describes the life of the poet, the story of the destruction of the dissident by the Soviet authorities, highlights his influence on Ukrainian society during life and after his death, records the testimony of witnesses, films the liquidated Kuchino camp, in which Stus was imprisoned, the reburial of Stus, Lytvyn and Tykhy in 1989. Consists of three parts: «Come back to me, my memory» (Верни до мене, пам’яте моя), «In the white cold the sun of Ukraine» (У білій стужі сонце України), «Crucified on a black cross» (Розіп’ятий на чорному хресті).
- How it feels
- Slow-burning and demanding.
- About
- Memory, justice, power, death
- Content
- Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Stanislav Chernilevskyi
- Genres
- Documentary
- Starring
- Oleksandr Kochnev, Dmytro Stus, Vasyl Stus
