Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
Sergei Parajanov
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Plot Summary
Sergey Paradzhanov’s “Shadows of forgotten ancestors” was a real sensation – the world had discovered a new genius of cinematograph, who enriched film art with an avant-garde and unique cinematic language of painting-like imagery. Within two years, the film had won over 30 awards at international festivals in 21 countries. This fact has been made note of in the Guinness Book of Records. Paradzhanov’s name is now ranked among such names as Fellini, Antonioni, Godard and Kurosawa.Two old Gutsul families have been warring for dozens of years. Yet in the midst of bitterness and vengeance, a beautiful, pure love is born between two of the families’ young offspring - Ivan and Marichka. The lovers will have to go through many a trial before they are reunited forever…
Rotten Tomatoes Movie Reviews
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100%- Reviews Counted: 18
- Fresh: 18
- Rotten: 0
- Average Rating: 8.1/10
Top Critics' Reviews
Fresh: There are hallucinatory sequences in Sergei Paradzhanov's 1964 film Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors when this eruptively colorful movie feels more like a folkloric tapestry sprung to life than a film about flesh-and-blood people.
Fresh: In this overwhelmingly beautiful movie, a sad, short, brutalized life is elevated to ecstatic myth.
Fresh: Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors is one of those rare films that look totally fresh and uncorrupted -- as if the director hadn't pilfered a thing from other film makers but had simply discovered the camera, and how best to use it, by himself.
Fresh: It's one of the most unusual films I've seen, a barrage of images, music and noises, shot with such an active camera we almost need seatbelts.
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