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Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors

Special Programs in Focus

Family · Love/Romance · Psychology

CountryUkraina
Production Year1965
Running Time92min
Format(Digi)Beta
ColorColor

Program Note

Parajanov’s unique language becomes evident here. Vivid colors, cinematography of vertigo, and unconventional storytelling. But it still shows clearer plot and natural acting compared to his later works. Ivan leaves to earn money and his lover Marichka remains, pregnant. After she drowns in a river, Ivan’s life was miserable and he starts a marriage without love only to face another tragedy. A simple love story told in a mythical way, a cinematic new world unfolds which reflects on death and the past generation which dominates the present. (CHO Young-jung)

Director

Sergei PARAJANOV

Born in Tibilisi, Georgia in 1924 to Armenian parents. After studying film and music, he became an assistant director at the Dovzhenko Studios in Kiev, making his directorial debut in 1954. In 1964 with <Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors>, he was recognized a startling genius. Followed this up with the even more innovative <Color of the Pomegranate> (1968), but he was imprisoned most of the 1970s with the conflict with the authority. Returned with <Legend of Suram Fortress> (1986), he proved that he is indeed the greatest master of the 20th Century. He passed away in 1990 with cancer.

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