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We Won't Say Goodbye to the Border

1987

A quiet, observational look at routine duty and farewells, patient and matter-of-fact, with a faint melancholy under the everyday.

Directed by
Ihor Shkuryn
Genres
Documentary
Overview
The film is about the service of border guards at one of the outposts of the Western Border District: soldiers on guard duty, during their leisure time, see off demobilized soldiers.

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Directed by
Ihor Shkuryn
Genres
Documentary
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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • work
  • loyalty
  • friendship
  • isolation
Places
  • military
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour2
Realism9
Romance0
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity2
Emotional weight5

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Genres
documentary
Directed by
Ihor Shkuryn
Cinematography
Anatolii Khymych, Ivan Kersek
Country
Soviet Union
Languages
Ukrainian

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