as soon as this film ended i went online and enlisted in the US army. no child will ever suffer like this again on my watch
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Geregisseerd door Elem Klimov
Come and See
Иди и смотри
A dark, acclaimed drama.
Drama
War
Horror
History
1985
2h 22m
In een bos in het door de nazi's bezette Wit-Rusland vindt de jonge Rus Florya Gaishun een geweer, waarna hij zich meteen bij de lokale vrijheidsstrijders aansluit. Dit ondanks smeekbeden van zijn moeder, die nu met haar twee dochters weerloos achterblijft.
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Come and See is a film I find almost impossible to review. Describing watching a film as an 'experience' often detracts from the quality of the piece, but going by the profound effect the film had on me I really feel no other word can do it justice.World War 2 films often seem to fall victim to Hollywood romanticism and sensationalism and while that certainly has some appeal, I always prefer my war films on the grimmer side. Grim and bleak is something the Russians do really well and combined with the atrocities that occurred during WW2 in Belarus, what we are presented with is one of the most disturbing and confrontational studies of the devastating effects of war I have ever seen.We follow young Florya on a journey that is heart searing in its depiction of loss of innocence, man's sadistic and cruel nature and the indiscriminate destructive force that is war. The inevitable destruction of this young boy's soul captures the horrors of war in the small and individual suffering of someone swept along in a maelstrom of havoc and hate, slowly but surely losing control over his own destiny, having his sanity and childhood annihilated in the process.Aleksey Kravchenko gives a stunning performance. The depth of emotion he manages to evoke is amazing. There are a handful of scenes where he just stares in the camera at you and as the film progresses these stares lose their humanity and gain primal almost bestial emotion, culminating in a devastatingly beautiful final scene that makes its point with fierce anger and poetic acceptance of the cyclic nature of violence.Apart from its brutal honesty and its uncompromising approach to atrocious acts of war, there is also a bizarre beauty in the dedication with which it is made and the way it seems to transgress from a surreal daydream to nightmarish reality. The beautiful cinematography and wonderful camera work at points provide welcome relief, allowing you to take a bird's eye view for a while and find some beauty amongst the ugliness.Come and See is an experience that I can't recommend as it is unbelievably disturbing. I will label this with perhaps an even worse term. Come and See is an important film. It should be regarded and respected as one of the most important films about war ever made. It lays bare so much about human nature and about what horrors we are still capable of, that this is unmissable for anyone who doesn't mind having a mirror held up to you that stares with unrelenting pity and sadness.
What a horrible nightmare!
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What is Come and See about?+
The film follows a young boy named Florya in World War II Belarus who joins the Soviet resistance, witnessing the horrific devastation and atrocities committed by Nazi occupying forces.
Who directed Come and See?+
Come and See was directed by Soviet filmmaker Elem Klimov in 1985, renowned for its unflinching and visceral depiction of the Eastern Front.
Has Come and See won any awards?+
It won the Golden Prize at the 14th Moscow International Film Festival.
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