“Slovo” House. Unfinished Novel

“Slovo” House. Unfinished Novel (2024)

Будинок «Слово». Нескінчений роман

Kharkiv, the 1930s. The heyday of Ukrainian art. Ambitious young poet Vladimir Akimov happily settles in at the new luxury "Slovo" House built specifically for artists. He comes from the provinces and works as a proof-reader in a printing press, and has never even dreamed of living under one roof with prominent Ukrainian writers and artists. He thinks his own poetry is genius, but nobody takes his literary efforts seriously, not to mention the occasional chuckles over his epigone poems. But fate smiles at him. The head of the political intelligence agency suggests that he become the author of a play written earlier. Akimov agrees, signing a non- disclosure note. The poet has no idea what price he will pay for this success. “‘Slovo’ House” is a story about a generation of Ukrainian artists persecuted by the totalitarian system, unfolding against the backdrop of one of the largest genocides of the 20th century: the Holodomor, which caused the death of almost 7 million people.

Date of release
2024-05-09
TMDB
8.2 / 10 (8)
Runtime
2h 0m
Genres
Drama
Director
Taras Tomenko
Collection
Slovo House Collection

Casting

Interesting facts

Slovo House: Unfinished Novel is a Ukrainian feature film directed by Taras Tomenko. The film presents a dramatic story of Ukrainian writers who were gathered under one roof and forced to work in the name of the Soviet system. It is a story about how a communist paradise turned into a communist hell.

Production

The historical drama "Slovo" House: Unfinished Novel was directed by Taras Tomenko and co-written by Tomenko and Lyuba Yakimchuk. In 2017, Tomenko directed the documentary Slovo House, which inspired him to further explore the era and its key figures. The feature film project was among the winners of a Ukrainian State Film Agency (Derzhkino) competition and received state funding covering half of the production costs.

According to screenwriter Lyuba Yakimchuk, "It’s a drama with elements of a detective story. (...) The film depicts Soviet intelligence operations and the secret mechanisms of their work (we studied this based on historical intelligence manuals), the urban life of Kharkiv with its theatres and cafés, and in one episode, a Ukrainian village during the Holodomor." "After the full-scale invasion, there has been a huge demand for information about th…

The film project was one of the winners of the 10th competitive selection by the Ukrainian State Film Agency. The amount of state financial support was ₴30,022,698, which accounted for half of the film's total production cost.

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