“BITTER HARVEST“ / “Гіркий врожай“ [trailer]

Yuri is a young Ukrainian living a contented life in his country village of Smila. Unlike his warrior father Yaroslav and notorious grandfather Ivan, Yuri is a talented artist, blissfully in love with his childhood sweetheart Natalka —unware of the burgeoning Soviet Union and political dangers facing the people of Ukraine. Following the death of Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin, tyrant Joseph Stalin senses retaliation and declares his merciless intention to enforce his predecessor’s system of collectivisation,