Handfuls
6.8
The film tells the story of the difficult and tragic fate of a Prykarpattia family over several generations. The events take place in the difficult 30s and 40s. Zhmeniak's father tries to gather more land in his possession by all means. But not everyone understands that he will divide all that land between his children when it comes time to die anyway, and they are simply jealous of his possessions. Meanwhile, the children have their own dramas and tragedies, because it's one thing to love someone, and another thing to know what the father thinks about it, and who he sees as wives for his sons. And then there are changes of government, and then there is the war...
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Cast
33 people
Vladimir Nekrasov
Yurko Zhmenyak
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Ivan Zhmenyak
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Nataliia Naum
Varka Zhmenyak
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Dmitri Matveyev
Mykhaylo Zhmenyak
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Lyubov Polekhina
Yulka Petrichka
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Olga Bogachyova
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Nina Kolchina-Bun
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Ivan Mykolaichuk
Pavlo Zhmenyak
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Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
Ostap Stupka
Stepan Zhmenyak
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Easy
Evilenko
Galina Moroz
Hanka
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Anatoli Mateshko
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Alfred Shestopalov Director · Vasyl Rusnak Writer Mykhailo Tomchanii Author
First release January 1, 1987 · Produced in Russia · Original title Жменяки
Production
Ukrtelefilm
Production
Russia
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Languages
Original title
Жменяки
Original language
Ukrainian
Spoken on screen
Ukrainian
Release dates
Russia · January 1, 1987
TV
No release date listed for United States.
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