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The Eve of Ivan Kupalo

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1968 · 71 min Drama Fantasy Mystery
6.8 / 10 · TMDB

Petro is a modest farmhand living in an impoverished village in some unspecified long-ago era. He wants to marry the lovely Pidorka, but her stern father won't hear of it. The mischievous demon Basavriuk, offers a deal, enticing Petro into crime for the sake of fortune. Based on Nikolai Gogol’s short story “The Eve of Ivan Kupala” (“St John’s Eve”) and Ukrainian folk tales.

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Original Title Вечір на Івана Купала
Year 1968
Country Soviet Union
Genre Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Director Yurii Illienko
Runtime 71 min.
Rating TMDB: 6.8/10 (19 votes)

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This is quietly operating cinema. No big events, no crisis turns — just people and how they live through what happens to them.

Strengths: atmosphere, actors, accuracy of detail. Weaknesses: the pace isn't for everyone, the ending may feel unresolved.

For people who watch films for feeling, not entertainment.

Director: Yurii Illienko

— MovieFinder Editorial

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Viewing atmosphere: An evening when your mind is at peace. With someone you can sit in silence with after. Wine or tea.

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