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Harvest Time

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Antonina (Ludmila Motornaya) works as a tractor operator on a farm in the Ukraine, where she lives with her family in the years following World War II. Her bosses award her the "red banner" because she's their most diligent worker. But the banner causes her life to deteriorate. She overworks herself in an attempt to justify the banner's presence in her house. Her husband (Vyacheslav Batrakov), who lost his legs in the war, turns to drink. And vermin continually gnaw at the banner itself.

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Nick Schager Slant Magazine 01/29/2007
3/4
Marina Razbezhkina's Harvest Time uses nostalgia as more of an emotional than intellectual device. Go to Full Review Boyd van Hoeij european-films.net 08/01/2005
An exquisitely told and photographed tale that shows both a melancholy longing for and a strong condemnation of life on a Soviet kolkhoz. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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11/19/2011 horrible russian film, don't believe what it says on the dvd... See more 10/03/2009 Russian man relates his memories of a pivotal year in his childhood when he lived on a collective farm after the Great Patriotic War. An incredibly multi-layered movie that runs the gamut from happy family memories based on the realization that the value of life isn't contained within possessions but rather in the enjoyment of experiences with others, to mental illness, to alcoholism, to the poignancy of post-Communism with a dash of the supernatural mixed in (all contained in a movie that barely tops an hour in length). A highly visual movie that contains just enough understated narration to keep the story moving along. See more Read all reviews
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Marina Razbezhkina

Director

Ludmila Motornaya

Antonina

Vyacheslav Batrakov

Gennadiy

Dima Yakovlev

Vanya

Sergei Timofeev

Narrator

Sergei Abakumov

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Synopsis Antonina (Ludmila Motornaya) works as a tractor operator on a farm in the Ukraine, where she lives with her family in the years following World War II. Her bosses award her the "red banner" because she's their most diligent worker. But the banner causes her life to deteriorate. She overworks herself in an attempt to justify the banner's presence in her house. Her husband (Vyacheslav Batrakov), who lost his legs in the war, turns to drink. And vermin continually gnaw at the banner itself.
Director
Marina Razbezhkina
Producer
Natalia Zheltukhina
Screenwriter
Marina Razbezhkina
Production Co
Warner Brothers/Seven Arts
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Russian
Release Date (Streaming)
Dec 9, 2016
Runtime
1h 8m