Pamfir
2022 · Movie · 106 min · ★ 7.2 · 77% critics
A man returns to his Ukrainian border village after years abroad, hoping to live honestly and be a better example for his teenage son. When a reckless act causes serious damage and old pressures resurface, he’s forced back into dangerous smuggling to make things right in a place ruled by corruption and fear.
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Details
- Original title
- Памфір
- Years
- 2022
- Release date
- 2022-11-02
- Language
- UK
- Runtime
- 106 min
- Critic score
- 77/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.2/10 (78 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a tense, grounded crime drama about family loyalty and hard choices under pressure; Not for you if you dislike bleak stories, moral compromise, or relentless tension like in Read My Lips.
Pros: tense crime stakes; strong family focus; gritty atmosphere | Cons: bleak tone; stressful choices; heavy themes
Themes
- curious
Awards & recognition
- European Film Award — European Discovery of the Year · 2022 · nominated
Cast & crew
Oleksandr Yatsentiuk
as Leonid/Pamfir
Solomiia Kyrylova
as Olena
Stanislav Potiak
as Nazar
Olena Khokhlatkina
as Mother
Myroslav Makoviichuk
as Father
Ivan Sharan
as Victor
Oleksandr Yarema
as Morda
Andrii Kyrylchuk
as Bobul
Ihor Danchuk
as Pastor Andrii
- PC
Petro Chychuk
as Forester Vasyl
Directed by Dmytro Sukholytkyi-Sobchuk