Pamfir (2022)

Pamfir (2022). Pamfir: Directed by Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk. With Oleksandr Yatsentyuk, Stanislav Potiak, Solomiia Kyrylova, Olena Khokhlatkina. Pamfir wants to be a decent family man. Challenged by the circumstances, he is forced to give up honest breadwinning to help his family.

“Heavy. Brave. Quality work. These three epithets came to my mind after we left the cinema. u0026quot;Pamfiru0026quot; is difficult to describe. It doesnu0026#39;t fall into categories. How can you categorize Macbeth or a Greek tragedy?u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eCinematography is perfect. The message is strong. u0026quot;Defend your values like a beast, nevertheless, stay humanu0026quot;.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eEight stars out of ten. Many scenes are too painful to watch for a Ukrainian in the midst of the war. At times you feel like u0026quot;yes, itu0026#39;s real life, this is how it goes in our mountainsu0026quot;. At other times you tell yourself u0026quot;no, itu0026#39;s too brutal, itu0026#39;s an artistic exaggerationu0026quot;. You believe the characters; you feel strong empathy for the ones and strong hate for the others. You expect some justice, some flicker of hope. You are waiting for the victory of good over evil. But the film doesnu0026#39;t give you that. The end is far from happy. So you leave the cinema feeling kind of devastated. Only after a few hours the message is getting to you. So it goes. Be strong. Be resilient. Defend your values. Donu0026#39;t wait for mercy. The world is ruthless. You arenu0026#39;t.”