Pamfir

2022

1 hr. 42 min.

Drama

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94%

16 Reviews

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100%

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Western Ukraine, on the eve of a traditional carnival. Pamfir returns to his family after months of absence. Their love is so unconditional that when his only child starts a fire in the prayer house, Pamfir has no other choice but to reconnect with his troubled past to repair his son's fault. He will be taken on a risky path with irreversible consequences.

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Taher A

I could only say, it is the best movie that I saw in the last ten years, period

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/07/24

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Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk

Director

Oleksandr Yatsentyuk

Pamfir

Stanislav Potyak

Nazar

Solomiya Kyrylova

Olena

Olena Khokhlatkina

La mère

Myroslav Makoviychuk

Le père

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Tara Brady

Irish Times

Every encounter feels as if it will explode into violence. That feral central presence and the final carnivalesque showdown bring colour and Sturm und Drang to the grimmest of locales.

Rated: 4/5

Jun 9, 2023

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David Parkinson

Empire Magazine

Visually striking and explosively violent, this simmering parable makes exceptional use of its rustic locations — and the faces of a vibrant cast — to reinforce a sense of authenticity.

Rated: 4/5

May 9, 2023

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Wendy Ide

Observer (UK)

Balances muscular, crime-thriller tropes against moments of striking, unsettling beauty, tension and urgency against knottily complex character development.

Rated: 4/5

May 8, 2023

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Filipe Freitas

Always Good Movies

Pamfir flirts with the aggressiveness of Guy Ritchie’s early films and the bleakness of Sergei Loznitsa’s tales of hopelessness.

Rated: 3.5/5

Jul 24, 2023

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Rich Cline

Shadows on the Wall

The story bristles with earthy drama, sparky humour and underlying suspense, while the filmmaking has an emotional elegance that gets deep under the skin.

Rated: 5/5

May 9, 2023

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Amber Wilkinson

Eye for Film

There’s an increasing sense of the unnatural impinging on the natural.

Rated: 3.5/5

May 5, 2023

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Synopsis

Western Ukraine, on the eve of a traditional carnival. Pamfir returns to his family after months of absence. Their love is so unconditional that when his only child starts a fire in the prayer house, Pamfir has no other choice but to reconnect with his troubled past to repair his son's fault. He will be taken on a risky path with irreversible consequences.

Director: Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk
Screenwriter: Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk
Production Co: Wady Films, Madants, Soilfilms, Studio Orlando, Les Films d'ici, Moderator Inwestycje, Bosonfilm, Quijote Films, Mainstream Pictures
Genre: Drama
Original Language: Ukrainian
Sound Mix: Digital 5.1
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)