Okraina
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Okraina is a 1998 Russia
n film
starring Yuri Dubrovin, Nikolay Olyalin
, Alexey Pushkin, and Alexey Vanin. Loosely based on the 1933 film by Boris Barnet, it was directed and written by Pyotr Lutsik. The music was created by Gavriil Popov and Georgy Sviridov
.
of a Soviet-era socialist realist
film-making of the 1930s (The title is taken from the classic 1933 film by the Soviet filmmaker Boris Barnet, in which the beginning of the farm collectivization
era is depicted.)
Peaceful life of farmers of remote Uralian
village is interrupted when their former collective farm is sold. The toughest ones unite and track down the offenders one by one.
Their quest for truth and justice is very violent, although almost all the violence occurs off screen, and often we are unsure of the victims fate. The movie was shot in Black and white and the music is old Soviet movie music, so it is hard to determine when the events are happening – around the WWII or maybe even today. Hence it could be interpreted as attack on modern capitalism in Russia.
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
starring Yuri Dubrovin, Nikolay Olyalin
Nikolay Olyalin
Nikolay Vladimiriovich Olyalin was a Soviet and an Ukrainian actor....
, Alexey Pushkin, and Alexey Vanin. Loosely based on the 1933 film by Boris Barnet, it was directed and written by Pyotr Lutsik. The music was created by Gavriil Popov and Georgy Sviridov
Georgy Sviridov
Georgy Vasilyevich Sviridov was a Soviet Russian neoromantic composer....
.
Synopsis
The film starts as parodyParody
A parody , in current usage, is an imitative work created to mock, comment on, or trivialise an original work, its subject, author, style, or some other target, by means of humorous, satiric or ironic imitation...
of a Soviet-era socialist realist
Socialist realism
Socialist realism is a style of realistic art which was developed in the Soviet Union and became a dominant style in other communist countries. Socialist realism is a teleologically-oriented style having its purpose the furtherance of the goals of socialism and communism...
film-making of the 1930s (The title is taken from the classic 1933 film by the Soviet filmmaker Boris Barnet, in which the beginning of the farm collectivization
Collective farming
Collective farming and communal farming are types of agricultural production in which the holdings of several farmers are run as a joint enterprise...
era is depicted.)
Peaceful life of farmers of remote Uralian
Ural River
The Ural or Jayıq/Zhayyq , known as Yaik before 1775, is a river flowing through Russia and Kazakhstan. It arises in the southern Ural Mountains and ends at the Caspian Sea. Its total length is 1,511 mi making it the third longest river in Europe after the Volga and the Danube...
village is interrupted when their former collective farm is sold. The toughest ones unite and track down the offenders one by one.
Their quest for truth and justice is very violent, although almost all the violence occurs off screen, and often we are unsure of the victims fate. The movie was shot in Black and white and the music is old Soviet movie music, so it is hard to determine when the events are happening – around the WWII or maybe even today. Hence it could be interpreted as attack on modern capitalism in Russia.