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Mar 10, 2022 · Filmed in 1965 and just as contemporary now as it was then, Yuri Ilyenko’s directorial debut, A SPRING FOR THE THIRSTY, is a surreal cinematic poem from the cinematographer of Sergei Paradzhanov’s SHADOWS OF FORGOTTEN ANCESTORS.
A Spring for the Thirsty (Ukrainian: Криниця для спраглих, romanized: Krynytsya dlya sprahlikh; Russian: Родник для жаждущих, romanized: Rodnik dlya zhazhdushchikh), sometimes translated into English as A Well for the Thirsty, is a Soviet surrealist film completed in 1965 but not released until 1987.
A Spring for the Thirsty is a 1965 film-poem by Ukranian/Soviet film director Yuri Ilyenko. A parable centering on an old man who lives a secluded life in the desert, alone with only his memories and photographs. His wellspring, once a source of joy and hope for thirsty passersby, is now rarely used.
A Spring for the Thirsty. 1965. Криниця для спраглих. Directed by Yurii Illienko. A parable centering on an old man who lives a secluded life in the desert, alone with only his memories and photographs. His wellspring, once a source of joy and hope for thirsty passersby, is now rarely used.
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- Dovzhenko Film Studios
- Yurii Illienko
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- Dmitri Milyutenko
- Yurii Illienko
- Dovzhenko Film Studios
A parable centering on an old man who lives a secluded life in the desert, alone with only his memories and photographs. His wellspring, once a source of joy and hope for thirsty passersby, is now rarely used. No longer able to find comfort in his memories, he turns all his photographs to face the walls.
As director-cinematographer of A Spring for the Thirsty, Ilyenko created a parable centering on an old man who lives a secluded life in the desert, alone with only his memories and photographs. Synopsis
