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They met in Crimea as enemies: the slaughterman Fedor, disappointed in life, and Katya, a former prisoner, deprived of maternity rights, who became a foreigner in her homeland. Sometimes grief unites.
The coming of Jesus Christ to earth, the unknown Tolstoy, the damned Rasputin, the love of King Richard, and the terrible secrets of the Holy Inquisition. All this in a historical film that intertwines entire eras, plunging the viewer into an unimaginable whirlwind of adventure, the eternal struggle for souls, and the all-conquering magic of love. "Crucified" is a feature film based on Leo Tolstoy's notes, which were banned at various times. Religious beliefs and inquisitorial persecution, fear in the eyes of people and their faith in justice, love and hate, nature and humanity—all these themes are reflected in this phantasmagoric film.
This is a realistic and terrible story of five participants in the war in Ukraine. The coffins of 30 pieces of silver, like the bribe for the death of a brother. Prosthesis, thrown on the judge's desk, instead of documents. Separatists in power and rampant corruption in the field. Rape in captivity. Prison on false accusations and declared hunger strike to death. Their manifesto, written in blood, carries the last of the remaining people on a wheelchair in Kiev to read it from the Maidan rostrum ... and put the president on the table.
Ukraine. A crowd tries to trample a person into the ground. The verdict was pronounced. Suddenly a baby cried: "Daddy, daddy, do not kill my dad!" And people turned up, fists squeezed out. The sentence did not take place. The hall was light. The journalist who took off this story came out. The discussion of the film ends in a scandal and ends with the death of the author himself, who was killed directly on the doorstep of the cinema. Destroying the "enemies of Ukraine" in the "rear" was the purpose of a small group of a radical nationalist underground.
The shooting on Maidan does not give rest to the former activist - his friend is killed. Seeking the culprits, he himself, along with his companion, is captured by a field commander, the callsign of an ideologist who seized part of the territory of Ukraine. Having established his laws, he does not obey anyone and commits lynching. Hostages fall into the family of three militant brothers. They try to exchange them. A period of 6 days is determined, otherwise death. But a series of conflicts that has arisen tears the family of militants from within.
He is a criminal, a thief. He is being pursued by the police. In the dump, in the snow, when he comes across a thrown newborn, he will have the choice - to save the baby or himself ...
Whilst the first shots ring out between pro-Russian government forces and members of the opposition in the winter of 2013, young Nina leaves Crimea. She was raped by a corrupt policeman, her friend was killed, and now she seeks refuge with the protesters on Maidan Square. Revolutionary chaos prevails, and it‘s not at all clear who remains loyal to whom and which means can be regarded as legitimate in the struggle for freedom. Ultimately Nina and her tormentors come face to face again and the spiral of violence is stepped up a further notch. The film was shot to a genuine backdrop, the result of which is a multifaceted allegory on the tragedy currently playing out in Ukraine.
The drama that unfolded at the racetrack and the tragic fate of the horse not only break people's lives, but also blur the boundary of good and evil, challenging the existing system of values. Razhev's $2 million dollar bet to win is in fact a death sentence for the horse itself, as he is skinned if he wins. This stipulation is at the whim of the other opposing party. Saving the horse, his trainer Ruslan dies, his fiancée Lena commits suicide, the horse Holstomer dies, and the fate of Razhev himself will be decided by lot and a thrown coin....
The leader of the terrorist organization "Earth Liberation Front" has been caught. He is placed in a cage in a psychiatric hospital because his actions defy all logic. High-ranking officials have been kidnapped. Will they manage to survive while the maniac remains silent? Only a young woman doctor manages to find an approach to the criminal. He begins to speak... However, his confession turns out to be much more terrible than it might seem. What guided the terrorists? What is hiding a dangerous maniac? The answers to these questions shock even the most experienced investigators...
