Stop-Zemlia

Name: Stop-Zemlia
Genre: Drama
Released: January 21, 2022
Duration: 122 min
Rating: 65
Cast: Andrii Abalmazov, Arsenii Markov, Inna Belikova, Marharyta Astakhova, Maria Fedorchenko

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Altered Innocence | Release Date: January 21, 2022 | Not Rated

Starring: Andrii Abalmazov, Arsenii Markov, Inna Belikova, Marharyta Astakhova, Maria Fedorchenko, Oksana Babych, Oleksandr Ivanov, Rubin Abukhatab, Sehiy Derevyanko, Yana Isaienko

Summary: Hanging out with friends, smoking too much, spinning bottles and kissing, making mistakes, playing, refusing to accept, dreaming with open eyes – life as a teenager can be overwhelmingly beautiful and difficult at the same time. Introverted high school girl Masha sees herself as an outsider unless she’s hanging out with her two bestHanging out with friends, smoking too much, spinning bottles and kissing, making mistakes, playing, refusing to accept, dreaming with open eyes – life as a teenager can be overwhelmingly beautiful and difficult at the same time. Introverted high school girl Masha sees herself as an outsider unless she’s hanging out with her two best friends, Yana and Senia, who share her non-conformist status. While trying to navigate through her last year of school, Masha falls in love in a way that forces her out of her comfort zone. … Expand

Director: Kateryna Gornostai

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 122 min

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Alex Saveliev

Jan 19, 2022

With the keen eye of a seasoned documentarian, the filmmaker captures all the depression, anxiety, boredom, love, loathing, and insecurity of seemingly apathetic teens, her gaze never mocking or judging. Read full review

The Guardian Cath Clarke

Feb 20, 2023

This gentle, authentic-feeling coming-of-age drama from Ukrainian film-maker Kateryna Gornostai premiered at the Berlin festival in 2021. Released in the UK almost a year to the day since the Russian invasion, her film has become unbearably poignant. Read full review

Katie Walsh

Jan 20, 2022

The sensually crafted Stop-Zemlia is a fine conduit to bring forth those visceral sense memories of teenage life Read full review

Elizabeth Weitzman

Jan 20, 2022

The press notes for Stop-Zemlia call Kateryna Gornostai’s coming-of-age story “radical, authentic, and sensitive.” The latter two descriptors are accurate. The movie’s power, however, comes not from any radicalism but from how authentically ordinary it feels. Read full review

The Playlist Kevin Jagernauth

Jan 3, 2022

Utilizing non-professional actors, and blurring the lines between documentary and fiction, Stop-Zemlia is a sympathetic portrait of the tidal forces of teenagehood. Yet, despite the film’s quiet sprawl and yearning ambition, Gornostai’s painstakingly observant eye never uncovers fresh insight into the thrumming heart of that transformative moment. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

Jan 25, 2022

Lacking a more coherent organizing principle than “fly on the wall/slice of life” renders Stop-Zemlia — which takes its title from a sort of long-running game of slap-tag — somewhat colorless, if not entirely pointless. Read full review

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hardkot

Feb 2, 2022

My generation

Great heartwarming film about school time. I feel a lot of emotions after watching this film. I've graduated school 10 years ago but the picture is so true how I feel that time and how it goes now in Ukraine. This film has great ending with great thoughts after it, unlikely toMy generation

Great heartwarming film about school time. I feel a lot of emotions after watching this film. I've graduated school 10 years ago but the picture is so true how I feel that time and how it goes now in Ukraine. This film has great ending with great thoughts after it, unlikely to modern pop-corn dramas like "Euphoria". Great music, great visual, so nostalgic. I can definetely recomend this film to all parents and teens.… Expand

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