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The Tribe

Плем'я

2014

A new student at a Ukrainian boarding school for the deaf is drawn into its brutal criminal underworld of theft and prostitution, and into a doomed affair. Told entirely in sign language with no subtitles or dialogue, a startling, uncompromising drama.

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Part of 10 Essential Ukrainian Films

This film is stop 6 of 10 in the hand-ranked native-cinema route through Ukraine. See the complete ranking or read the selection methodology.

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