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Klondike

Play trailer 1:19 Poster for Klondike Released Aug 4, 2023 1h 40m Drama War Play Trailer Watchlist
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July 2014. Expectant parents Irka and Tolik live in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine near the Russian border, disputed territory in the early days of the Donbas war. Their nervous anticipation of their first child's birth is violently disrupted as the vicinal crash of flight MH17 elevates the forbidding tension enveloping their village. The looming wreckage of the downed airliner and an incoming parade of mourners emphasize the surreal trauma of the moment. As Tolik's separatist friends expect him to join their efforts, Irka's brother is enraged by suspicions that the couple has betrayed Ukraine. Irka refuses to be evacuated even as the village gets captured by armed forces, and she tries to make peace between her husband and brother by asking them to repair their bombed house.
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Klondike offers a bleak portrait of a war-torn Ukrainian village with the mordant wit of someone who understands that for civilians, the mundanities of life must go on.

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Leslie Felperin Guardian The film as a whole is a powerful statement that lingers in the mind long after the final credits roll. Rated: 4/5 Oct 3, 2023 Full Review Katie Walsh Los Angeles Times ""Klondike" is certainly not an easy watch, but it is a profound one — a film that feels both prescient and retrospective about Ukraine, locked in what seems a never-ending existential conflict with its neighbor." Aug 9, 2023 Full Review Jordan Mintzer The Hollywood Reporter An uncompromising and unsettling war story. Aug 4, 2023 Full Review Joan Amenn AWFJ.org A gut punch of a film and deserves this recognition. A stunning work of life lived during war and the consequences that always fall on women to bear. Dec 6, 2023 Full Review Stephanie Bunbury Deadline Hollywood Daily None of this is easy viewing, but Klondike is compelling in its very conviction. It speaks to the integrity of a filmmaker reaching for a deeper truth through fiction -- or a fictionalized reality, more accurately. Oct 21, 2023 Full Review Mina Takla AwardsWatch [Klondike] delivers a powerful, unflinching look at the life of a family whose every existence is shattered by the 2014 Russian-Ukrainian border conflict. Rated: B Aug 21, 2023 Full Review Read all reviews

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Dick N I have watched quite a few Ukrainian and Russian movies in the last few years and even if this is interesting it did have some in my opinion weak parts, It is still good but it is not the best one i've seen. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/09/24 Full Review StephenPaul C The greatest 01 hour: and 40 minutes of war!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/07/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis July 2014. Expectant parents Irka and Tolik live in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine near the Russian border, disputed territory in the early days of the Donbas war. Their nervous anticipation of their first child's birth is violently disrupted as the vicinal crash of flight MH17 elevates the forbidding tension enveloping their village. The looming wreckage of the downed airliner and an incoming parade of mourners emphasize the surreal trauma of the moment. As Tolik's separatist friends expect him to join their efforts, Irka's brother is enraged by suspicions that the couple has betrayed Ukraine. Irka refuses to be evacuated even as the village gets captured by armed forces, and she tries to make peace between her husband and brother by asking them to repair their bombed house.
Director
Maryna Er Gorbach
Producer
Maryna Er Gorbach, Mehmet Bahadir Er, Sviatoslav Bulakovskyi
Screenwriter
Maryna Er Gorbach
Distributor
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Production Co
Kedr Film, Protim Video Production
Genre
Drama, War
Original Language
Ukrainian
Release Date (Theaters)
Aug 4, 2023, Limited
Runtime
1h 40m
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