Pamfir

Pamfir is a 2022 Ukrainian fictional feature film directed by Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk, which world premiered on May 22, 2022, at the 75th Festival de Cannes, in the selection of the 54th Directors' Fortnight. In Ukrainian distribution since March 23, 2023. From June 22 this year, the film was released on Netflix. The film received the main prize of the Cairo International Film Festival, the Grand Prix of the Kyiv International Film Festival Molodist, took part in many international film festivals. Pamfir was named among the best films of 2023 by The Guardian. Oleksandr Yatsentiuk played the leading role. The film was made before Russian full-scale invasion in Ukraine, and became one of the most important artistic expressions about contemporary Ukraine – its unbreakable spirit and will for life. Plot The main character of the film, Pamfir, is a former smuggler, but a good family man who returns to his native village located in the western part of Ukraine, after working abroad for several years. He decides from now on to earn a living by honest work, thus setting a good example for his teenage son Nazar. The main events take place in Bukovina on the eve of the traditional Malanka carnival. But in the region, corruption is an integral part of all spheres of life, and crime and religion are inextricably linked. Organized crime is headed by Orest Ivanovych Mordovskiy, nicknamed Morda (Mug), who is also the head of a local forest protection company. Pamfir's noble plans are not destined to come true due to an incident involving his son: Nazar wants to keep his father at home and sets fire to his documents, and with them, unwittingly, the local house of prayer.