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Come and See

Иди и смотри

1985 · 142 min · Drama

As German forces sweep into occupied Byelorussia during World War II, a teenage boy leaves his village to join the partisan resistance. What starts as a boy's hunger for glory becomes an unflinching descent through the atrocities of the Eastern Front, witnessed entirely through his eyes. Elem Klimov's harrowing anti-war film is widely regarded as one of the most powerful ever made about the war.

Runtime
142 min
Genre
Drama · War
Mood
tense · thoughtful · dreamlike
Entry
easy entry
Best for
first visit

Content notes: war or political violence · violence or threat Non-exhaustive

Part of 10 Essential Belarusian Films

This film is stop 1 of 10 in the hand-ranked native-cinema route through Belarus. See the complete ranking or read the selection methodology.

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