POVODYR (THE GUIDE)

Ukraine, 2014, historical drama, 122 min

Ukraine, 1930s. American engineer Michael Shamrock (Jeff Burrell) arrives in Kharkiv with his ten-year old son, Peter (Anton Greene) to help "build socialism". He falls in love with an actress Olga (Jamala) who has another admirer, Communist Commissar Vladimir. Under tragic circumstances, the American is killed and his son is saved from his pursuers by a blind "Kobzar' (Stanislav Boklan). With no other chance to survive in a foreign land, the boy becomes his guide. Their journey, full of dangerous adventures, unfolds against the background of one of the most dramatic pages of Ukrainian history and human destruction. The film about love, loyalty, betrayal and infamy is based on true events.

November 24, 2024

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In collaboration with Ukraine Culture Now

Ukraine’s Official Entry for the 87th Academy Awards

From 2004 Oscar contender director Oles Sanin and the best Ukrainian DoP Sergiy Mykhalchuk comes a powerful and beautiful story of human courage in the face of the hardest times of Ukrainian history — bloody Soviet 1930s. Celebrated for its visual and acting excellence at Odessa Film Festival, THE GUIDE is official selection of Palm Springs, Warsaw, Cottbus, India, Kyoto, Bari and other IFFs.

Stars: Jeff Burrell (Nymphomaniac: Vol. I, The Ghost Writer, Pandorum), Stanislav Boklan (Match), Oleksandr Kobzar (The Second Front), Anton Greene, Iryna Sanina, Jamala (special debut)

CREW

Director: Oles Sanin

Producers: Maxim Asadchiy, Igor Savychenko, Oles Sanin

Screenplay: Oles Sanin, Oleksandr Irvanets, Iren Rozdobudko, Paul Wolansky

Cinematography: Sergiy Mykhalchuk

Music: Alla Zagaykevych

FESTIVALS

2014 / JUL / UKRAINE / Odessa – Best Actor, Jury Diploma for Cinematography

2014 / OCT / POLAND / Warsaw (class A)

2014 / OCT / POLAND / Tofifest

2014 / NOV / INDIA / Goa (class A)

2014 / NOV / GERMANY / Cottbus

2014 / DEC / JAPAN / Kyoto HYSTORICA

2015 / JAN / USA / Palm Springs

2015 / MAR / ITALY / Bari – Scecial Mention from International Jury

2015 / APR / ROMANIA / Cinepolitica (Bucharest)

2015 / MAY / ROMANIA / European Film Festival (Bucharest)

2015 / MAY / POLAND / “Ukrainian Spring” (Poznan)

2015 / MAY / CANADA / KinoFilmFest (Winnipeg)

WEB

Official site: http://povodyr.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theguidemovie

IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3037582/

TECHNICAL FEATURES

Languages: Ukrainian, English, Russian (English subtitles)

Length: 122 min 28 sec

Screening format: DCP, Dolby Digital

Aspect ratio: 2.35:1

PRODUCTION

Pronto Film / office 1, 10A, Naberezhno-Khreschatitska street / Kyiv, 04070, Ukraine

CONTACT: Sashko Chubko / sashko@pronto.kiev.ua / +380444902231 (work) / +380955767743 (cell)