Dovbush

The early eighteenth century, the Carpathians. The region is under Polish nobles and the Hutsuls of the mountains are taxed hard. Two brothers take to the hills and become opryshky, mountain outlaws. But they do not want the same thing: one is after money, the other, Oleksa, is on the side of the villagers. The brothers turn on each other. Risings spread through the mountains, and the nobles send soldiers to kill Oleksa without managing it. Then they try another way: the woman he has loved since childhood, Marichka. Oles Sanin directs the Ukrainian film; two hours. Oleksa Dovbush was a real person, a name that entered the folk tales and songs of the Carpathians. Shooting began in 2019, was delayed by the pandemic and the war, and the film came out in 2023. It was among the most watched domestic films in Ukraine that year.