UKRAINE · 1965

Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors

Sergei Parajanov
Soviet Georgian Cinema forbidden love blood feud cultural tradition tragic fate rural life
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In the Carpathian Mountains of 19th-century Ukraine, love, hate, life and death among the Hutsul people are as they’ve been since time began. Ivan is drawn to Marichka, the beautiful young daughter of the man who killed his father. But fate tragically decrees that the two lovers will remain apart.

Year1965
CountryUkraine
DirectorSergei Parajanov
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