The inhabitants of a remote Carpathian village are getting ready for a traditional costumed celebration. Leonid (known as Pamfir) returns home after having spent several months working abroad. When his son Nazar ends up in trouble, Pamfir doesn’t hesitate. He decides to return to his dark past and to take one more risk… Set in the colorful world of the Ukrainian-Romanian border region, Pamfir masterfully combines elements of Greek tragedy, Western, and thriller and brings to the screen one of the most charismatic protagonists of recent years.
The inhabitants of a remote Carpathian village are getting ready for Malanka, a traditional costumed celebration. At the same time, Leonid (whom everyone calls Pamfir) returns home after having spent several months working abroad. For this massive, taciturn man who only rarely breaks a smile, family is everything. When his son Nazar ends up in trouble, Pamfir doesn’t hesitate. He decides to return to his dark past and to take one more risk… In his confident debut set in the colorful world of the Ukrainian-Romanian border region, Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk masterfully combines elements of Greek tragedy, Western, and thriller and brings to the screen one of the most charismatic protagonists of recent years.
Lenka Tyrpáková
107 min / Color, DCP
Director Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk
/ Screenplay Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk
/ Dir. of Photography Nikita Kuzmenko
/ Music Laëtitia Pansanel-Garric
/ Sound Serhiy Stepanskyy, Matthieu Deniau
/ Editor Nikodem Chabior
/ Art Director Ivan Mykhailov
/ Producer Aleksandra Kostina, Jane Yatsuta, Laura Briand, Bogna Szewczyk, Klaudia Smieja- Rostworowska, Giancarlo Nasi
/ Production Bosonfilm, Les Films d’Ici, Madants, Quijote Films
/ Coproduction Mainstream Pictures, Wady Films, Soilfilms, Moderator Inwestycje, Studio Orlando
/ Cast Oleksandr Yatsentyuk, Stanislav Potyak, Solomiya Kyrylova
/ Sales Indie Sales
Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk (1983, Uman, Ukraine). Filmography: Weightlifter (Shtangist, 2018, short), Pamfir (2022).
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