Pamfir (2022) on Netflix
NR20221h 40m
A former smuggler, Pamfir returns to his village in western Ukraine to earn an honest living for his family. Then his son Nazar sets a fire, and Pamfir must answer for it.
- Netflix4.2/5
- IMDb7.4/104,351 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes94%
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Plot summary
Pamfir returns to his village in Bukovina, in western Ukraine, after several years working abroad. He has given up smuggling and wants to earn his living honestly, setting an example for Nazar, his teenage son. His wife Olena and his parents are nearby, and the Malanka carnival is coming. The region, though, runs on corruption, and organized crime is in the hands of Orest Ivanovych Mordovskiy, known as Morda, who also heads the local forest protection company. Nazar, hoping to keep his father at home, sets fire to Pamfir's documents, and the flames reach the local house of prayer. Making up for the damage means returning to the criminal circles and the smuggling routes he had left behind.
Cast
- Petro Chychukas Forester Vasyl
- Vitaliy Boyukas Kolya
- Oleksandr Boyukas Tolya
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Pamfir (2022)
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- Before filming in Bukovyna under lockdown, the cast spent three months living in the villages for their roles, learning the local dialect and keeping characters' diaries about their preferences and relationships.
- Two of the film's actors changed their bodies for their parts: Oleksandr Yacentyuk gained 18 kilograms, while Ivan Sharan lost 10 kilograms.
- The cast learned new trades for the film: Solomiya Kyrylova worked a real factory assembly line for a full week, and Andriy Kyrylchuk spent a month at a police station in Ivano-Frankivsk to play a precinct officer.
- Production designers recreated the labyrinthine hay-drying method found in the village of Sarata inside Pamfir's parents' house, working from photographs, after scouting expeditions gathered authentic elements.
- A single scene set in the village where the film takes place was shot in more than ten different locations.
- The Malanka carnival in the film is a compilation of the celebration in three localities — Beleluya, Vashkivtsi and Krasnoilsk — with some elements contributed by folk artists and decorators, including Volodymyr Chorniy.
