Directed by:
Ева НейманScreenplay:
Ева НейманCinematography:
Rimvydas LeipusCast:
Karen Badalov, Arina Postolova, Arseniy Semyonov, Milena Tsybulska, Yevheniy Kogan, Vsevolod Shilovskiy, Vitalina Bibliv, Mikhail Bogdasarov (more)Plots(1)
The acclaimed story by respected modern Yiddish author Sholem Aleichem served as inspiration for Ukrainian filmmaker Eva Neymann, whose third picture offers a beguiling portrayal of the Jewish shtetl at the beginning of the 20th century. The poetic film, which seeks more to create the right mood than provide a classic narration, weaves its motif of childhood love between ten-year-old Shimek and Buzya, a girl his age whose intensity Shimek only comes to realise on the threshold of adulthood. Through the dreamy eyes of the child protagonists and with the appropriate degree of nostalgia, the director presents us with magical images of a lost world. (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Karen Badalov
Soviet Union
Best movies:
S novym godom, mamy! (2012)
Match (2012)
Jolki 2 (2011)
Arina Postolova
Best movies:
Song of Songs (2015)
Arseniy Semyonov
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Unknown Battle (2019)
Soyuz spaseniya (2019)
Song of Songs (2015)
Milena Tsybulska
Best movies:
Song of Songs (2015)
Yevheniy Kogan
Best movies:
Song of Songs (2015)
Vsevolod Shilovskiy
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Žila-byla odna baba (2011)
Intergirl (1989)
The Translator (2006)
Vitalina Bibliv
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Match (2012)
Moths (2013) (series)
Ballada o bombere (2011)
Mikhail Bogdasarov
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Mamy (2012)
The Lighthouse (2006)
Rus iznachalnaya (1985)
Stalina Lahosnyak
Soviet Union
Best movies:
I Work at the Cemetery (2021)
Song of Songs (2015)