Rent Hatred (2016)
3.9 of 5 from 70 ratings
2h 5min
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- Synopsis:
An epic period piece. Set over the course of six years, the story mostly takes place during World War Two in a small village in the eponymous region of Volhynia - a village inhabited by Ukrainians, Poles, and Jews. The life of this small community is then torn apart by history. In the spring of 1943, a wave of ethnic cleansing sweeps over the region. Despite being in love with a Ukrainian boy, called Petro (Wasyl Wasylik), Polish girl Zosia (Michalina Labacz) is forced into marrying a wealthy widower, Maciej (Arkadiusz Jakubik). When the war begins, Maciej is conscripted to the Polish Army to fight against the Germans in the September Campaign. When the campaign is lost, Maciej and other survivors try to return to their homes. In the meantime, Zosia gets pregnant by Petro but wants Maciej to believe that the child is his. As the war ranges around them Zoysia tries to protect herself and her son. - Actors:
- Michalina Labacz, Arkadiusz Jakubik, Wasyl Wasylik, Adrian Zaremba, Izabela Kuna, Jacek Braciak, Maria Sobocinska, Oleksandr Zbarazkyi, Volodymyr Protsiuk, Oleksandr Chesherov, Lech Dyblik, Roman Skorovskiy, Zacharjasz Muszynski, Michal Gadomski, Gabriela Muskala, Tomasz Sapryk, Andrzej Popiel, Marcin Sztabinski, Jerzy Rogalski, Iryna Skladan
- Directors:
- Wojciech Smarzowski
- Producers:
- Marta Gozlinska, Piotr Grajkowski, Aleksandra Guzewska, Dariusz Pietrykowski, Andrzej Polec, Zdena Sisova
- Writers:
- Wojciech Smarzowski
- Aka:
- Wolyn
- Studio:
- 101 Films
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Drama
- Collections:
- New waves of Polish Cinema, What to watch by country
- Countries:
- Poland
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Reviews (1) of Hatred
Amazing recretion of Ukrainian history in World War 2 - Hatred review by Peter B
I knew very little about Ukrainian history and nothing about what happened in WW2 in that country. During the Second World War, Ukraine lost more people than the combined losses of Great Britain, Canada, Poland, the USA and France. The total Ukrainian losses during the war is an estimated 8-10 million lives. The number of Ukrainian victims can be compared to the modern population of Austria.
The film pulls no punches and is graphic in its portrayal of barbaric murdering by all sides during the Nazi invasion, particularly of Jews, but progresses on to ethnic cleansing of Polish Ukrainians by Nationalist Ukranians as the Nazis withdraw after losing to Russia. It also puts into perspective how little claim Russia has to recently taking Crimea, which was only occupied when Russia drove the Nazis out of Eastern Europe. Like Poland, this is a country with an horrific history and a deep longing for independence as a sovereign nation. Michalina Labacz is absolutely brilliant as the central character brutalized by these horrendous events. The ending is an enigma to me. What a sorry species homo sapiens can be.
Brilliant, brutal film about racial hatred.
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