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Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors

Tini zabutykh predkiv (Ukrainian with French subtitles)
Location
Main screening room
Date
October 22nd, 2024
Duration
97 min
Cycle
Carte blanche to Menace Ruine

Menace Ruine is an apocalyptic drone folk band. Geneviève Beaulieu and S. de la Moth agreed to curate a carte blanche film selection, which will be presented ahead of their concert at the Cinémathèque on October 30. Their eclectic and thought-provoking selection blends films by renowned directors with hidden gems, avoiding American cinema to better celebrate the richness of international filmmaking.

Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
Directed by
Sergei Parajanov
Language
Ukrainian with French subtitles
Actors
Ivan Mykolaichuk, Larisa Kadochnikova, Tatyana Bestayeva
Origins
USSR
Year
1965
Duration
97 min
Genre
Drama, romance
Format
35 mm
Synopsis

In the Ukrainian Carpathians, Ivan and Marichka are in love, but their families hate each other deeply. They'd like to get married, but things aren't that simple. Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors is a tragic and poetic drama as only Paradjanov can produce.

Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors

Sergei Parajanov

Sergei Parajanov was an Armenian film director and screenwriter. Parajanov is regarded by film critics, film historians and filmmakers to be one of the greatest and most influential filmmakers in cinema history. He invented his own cinematic style, which was out of step with the guiding principles of socialist realism; the only sanctioned art style in the USSR. This, combined with his lifestyle and behaviour, led Soviet authorities to repeatedly persecute and imprison him, and suppress his films. Despite this, Parajanov was named one of the 20 Film Directors of the Future by the Rotterdam International Film Festival in 1987 and his films were ranked among the greatest films of all time by Sight & Sound. His films also won many prizes at festivals around the world.

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Entrevue avec Geneviève Beaulieu : Menace Ruine, groupe cinéphile

En complément de leur concert qui se tiendra le 30 octobre à 20h, Geneviève Beaulieu et S. de la Moth du groupe de drone folk apocalyptique Menace Ruine nous gratifient d'une passionnante carte blanche de sept films. Geneviève a bien voulu répondre à nos questions pour présenter leurs choix cinéphiles.

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