Cinema
Come and See
Иди и смотри
Elem Klimov · 1985
Synopsis
Belarus, 1943, under German occupation. Two boys search an old battlefield to find a rifle and join the partisans. Fliora, though too young, succeeds despite the village's warnings. In the camp, he is confined to chores, and when the fighters go off to battle, he is left behind. There he meets Glasha, a teenage girl, and the two flee through the forest under the bombs and the German paratroopers.
Context
The director wrote the screenplay with Ales Adamovich, from a novel and a collection of testimonies about the burned villages of Belarus. The cinematography is by Aleksei Rodionov, the music by Oleg Yanchenko. Aleksei Kravchenko plays Flyora and Olga Mironova Glasha. Co-produced by Mosfilm and Belarusfilm, the film was presented in Moscow in July 1985, after a shoot which the censors delayed by eight years; it was released in France in 1987.
Who it is for
A drama of more than two hours, of great harshness, for adults, on the crimes committed against civilians.
Prizes and reception
Golden Prize at the Moscow International Film Festival in 1985, and 28.9 million viewers.