Based on a novel by Władysław Reymont' THE PEASANTS is the story of a group of people in rural Poland at the turn of the 20th century. It’s focused on the various relationships centered around Jagna.
It’s a grand soap opera as emotions are laid bare and partners are changed as means of finding solace and inflicting pain. It’s all raw emotion as everyone tries to hide the hearts on their sleeve and remain socially proper. This is the sort of thing that could run for ages on TV, but dressed up in period costumes.
If you like your dramas soapy this is going to delight you. If you aren’t a big fan of it, as I am, then this is going to be something that you’ll end up singing the praises of for it’s visuals. The film was given an animated sheen so that the images look like they moving paintings. It’s visually stunning and results in several sequences that are going to make your jaw hang open (the wedding). This is a beautiful film.
(An aside the film was put together using Ukrainian artists who had to regroup because the Russian invasion of the country. Things were so bad, and the desire to make the film was so great, that they did Go Fund Me to get money for generators so they could continue to work on the film.)
While the story may or may not thrill you the visuals will, and they are the reason you should see this film.
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