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Anton

A friendship that survived the wrath of war

5.5 / 10

102 minutes

2021-02-12

Russian

GE

Actors :

Nikita Shlanchak, Mykyta Dziad, Natalia Ryumina, Simson Bubbel, Sebastian Anton, Anastasiia Chudna, Serhii Denha, Vladimir Levitskiy, Tetiana Grachik, Regimantas Adomaitis, Juozas Budraitis, Georgii Vechkanov, Pavlo Strakhnytskyi, Pavlo Shpehun, Oleh Symonenko

Description

Ukraine, 1919. The friendship of two boys, Anton and Jacob, one Christian, the other Jewish, manages to survive the prejudices and hatred that dominate the minds of adults in the aftermath of World War I and the Russian Revolution.

Reviews

SWITCH.

SWITCH.

6/23/2021, 3:58:51 PM

This is not a boring film by any stretch - rather, it's just confused by what it wants to say and who its target audience should be. It's harmless and sweet in a way that should encourage children to watch it, but simultaneously lacks the heart and focus to make it more memorable. I found myself clock-watching at times through its two-hour runtime, but ultimately, 'Anton' is inoffensive and just f...