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The Guide

Поводир

2014

In 1930s Soviet Ukraine, a young American boy orphaned amid Stalinist persecution is taken in by a blind wandering minstrel, and the two flee across a land where the regime is silencing the very singers who keep the nation's memory alive. A sweeping historical drama.

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Part of 10 Essential Ukrainian Films

This film is stop 9 of 10 in the hand-ranked native-cinema route through Ukraine. See the complete ranking or read the selection methodology.

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