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Ukrainian Sheriffs

  • 20152015
  • 1h 25m
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Ukrainian Sheriffs (2015)
A tragicomic portrait of a two-man team of sheriffs in a remote Ukrainian village disturbed by everyday incidents and political developments.
Like a bird, the Ukrainian flag flies along perched on the car of two affable sheriffs deputized by the mayor of a village in southern Ukraine. Their duty is to mend the quarrels and problems of the community. There is a sly bum whose gift is not to work. There is a man on the loose with an axe. And there is the mayor who believes in the ability of his villagers to change for the better. A war is going on in eastern Ukraine, and draft-dodgers now abound. The village folks are dipping in icy water and laughing but are they divided in their loyalty? These sheriffs are smack in the middle, taking you along for the ride.

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A tragicomic portrait of a two-man team of sheriffs in a remote Ukrainian village disturbed by everyday incidents and political developments.A tragicomic portrait of a two-man team of sheriffs in a remote Ukrainian village disturbed by everyday incidents and political developments.A tragicomic portrait of a two-man team of sheriffs in a remote Ukrainian village disturbed by everyday incidents and political developments.

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  • Director
    • Roman Bondarchuk
  • Writers
    • Dar'ya Averchenko
    • Roman Bondarchuk
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    • Roman Bondarchuk
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    • Dar'ya Averchenko
    • Roman Bondarchuk
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      • 2 wins & 2 nominations

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    In the country with the biggest police force in Europe, Ukraine, there is a lack of policemen in rural communities therefore villagers of Stara Zburievka village have found a solution. They chose two local men - the smartest and the strongest - to take care of the public order. Villagers give them power, a car, and shiny tokens and name them "sheriffs". Sometimes wild and violent, the other times awkward and funny, sheriffs' actions, according to the village community, are always fair. However, the recent political events taking place in Ukraine have changed the situation in Stara Zburievka village, too. Will the sheriffs' activities, which started as a protest to the existing corrupted system, be able to cope with the new, complex and revolutionary transition? The "Ukrainian Sheriffs" is a kind, funny, and sometimes shocking story about average Ukrainians who take action and build their own, let's say idealistic, country model combining wildness and kindness, immorality and humanity. It is a film that telling a story of one village tells a story about the whole country.
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      Official submission of Ukraine for the 'Best Foreign Language Film' category of the 89th Academy Awards in 2017.

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    • Release date
      • September 15, 2016 (Ukraine)
    • Countries of origin
      • Ukraine
      • Latvia
      • Germany
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    • Languages
      • Ukrainian
      • Russian
    • Also known as
      • Ukrayinski sheryfy
    • Production companies
      • VFS Films
      • SOUTH
      • Taskovski Films
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      1 hour 25 minutes
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      • Color

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