Homeward(12)
8th Nov 2022Nariman Aliev - 2019 96 mins
Ukraine
Language Ukrainian
Mustafa, a Crimean Tartar, travels with his son Alim to collect the body of his elder son Nazim, killed fighting Russian troops in the Donbass. Despite the obvious difficulties involved in this journey, Mustafa insists on taking the body back to Crimea for burial.
Score: 92.65%
Some members' comments:
Our golden run continues. So moving and the place names seem so familiar. Wow! Deeply moving. As tense as a wound…. horrific and so immediate. Strong stuff –– Great explorations of family relationships. What a juxtaposition of father and son. Riveting–– all the audience sat for so long in silence at the end. Poignant and tragic. Enjoyed it but the despair and desperation of the characters came though in the hopelessness of their situation. A great watch. As always nice to be back. A moving film with a somewhat inevitably sad ending. Powerful film. Powerful stuff ! Landscapes and cinematography a highlight. Thanks.