A Spring for the Thirsty

Name: A Spring for the Thirsty
Released: 1965
Rating: 66.28
Cast: Nina Alisova, Dmitri Milyutenko, Larisa Kadochnikova, Nataliya Mishchenko, Dzhemma Firsova

1965

Drama

1h 10m

An old, lonely man who lives next to a now rarely used well reflects on his life: on his family and also the people who would visit to take water from his well. He seems to see the past in nostalgic terms and the present as something far more grim and hopeless and so goes about building a coffin for himself. (Summary by AutumnLily)

Directed by:

Yuri Ilyenko

Written by:

Ivan Drach

Starring:

Dmitri Milyutenko Larisa Kadochnikova Nina Alisova Dzhemma Firsova Feodosiya Litvinenko Nataliya Mishchenko

Genre:

Drama

AKAs:

Krynytsya dlya sprahlykh , Rodnik dlya zhazhdushchikh, Well for the Thirsty , A

Countries:

Ukraine, Soviet Union

Languages:

Russian, Ukrainian

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1965

Drama

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Nepeta

Rated 16 Apr 2013

I found it a bit hard to engage with in some regards (I'm not entirely sure why, though I think it may be because as much as I love experimental cinema I can't help but find the attempt to play a narrative in such a formalist manner a bit off-putting). Nonetheless it's a very beautiful piece of filmmaking and I love some of the surreal imagery conjured up by the extremely high contrast cinematography.

Rated 16 Apr 2013

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