The Tribe by Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy listed among 50 best movies of 2010s

The Rolling Stone magazine ranked Ukrainian film The Tribe by director Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy among 50 best movies of 2010s.

As noted in the publication, the Ukrainian film ranks 48th and leaves behind Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (49) and Black Panther (50).

Slaboshpytskiy’s film is described as “the decade’s most innovative use of sensory deprivation.”

 “Featuring no subtitles, voiceover or non-diegetic music, this bleak drama — performed by a deaf, non-professional cast communicating via sign language — turns its Lord of the Flies scenario into a thrilling cinematic exercise,” the article reads.

Moonlight by Barry Jenkins tops the ranking.

The Tribe is Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy’s debut feature. The film is a co-production of Ukraine and the Netherlands. The world premiere took place on May 21, 2014 at the Cannes Film Festival, the premiere in Ukraine – on September 11, 2014.

The film is set in a boarding school for deaf teenage students, where a novice scholar is drawn into an institutional system of organized crime, involving robbery and prostitution. He crosses a dangerous line when he falls for one of the girls. The film is entirely in Ukrainian Sign Language with no subtitles.

The film was screened in dozens of countries and featured in more than 100 film festivals worldwide, having won more than 40 awards, including the prize of the European Film Awards and three Cannes Film Festival prizes.

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