The National Film Studio “Belarusfilm” presented the debut trailer of the main film of the year “On the Other Shore”
On September 17, on the Day of National Unity, Belarusfilm will present the film “On the Other Shore” to the audience. The film was shot in the best traditions of Belarusian cinema, sincere in its creative look, understandable in meaning and method of film presentation. The film has everything that is close to every person – the pain of losing loved ones, strengthening faith in justice when hope is lost, finding the meaning of life when love comes.
The National Film Studio “Belarusfilm” presented the debut trailer for the main film of the year.
On March 18, 1921, a peace treaty was signed in Riga between the RSFSR and the Ukrainian SSR on the one hand and Poland on the other. This peace ended the Polish-Soviet war and defined the borders in the east of Europe. Under the terms of the agreement, Western Belarus was under the rule of Poland, which did not consider the concluded peace “eternal” and was preparing for a new war. The Soviet Republic, temporarily retreating, dreamed of a world revolution and the return of territories lost after the First World War. Four difficult years have passed for the Belarusian people…
The hard time of the Polish occupation. After the peace treaty of Riga, the entire Western part of Belarus was under the rule of the Poles, who sought to carry out a rapid process of assimilation. To eradicate the Belarusian culture, language, literacy, Orthodox faith in the occupied territories. The peace treaty of Riga did not bring calm to the country. The Belarusians did not accept the Polish occupation. For four years now, unrest has been taking place in Western Belarus, a guerrilla war is going on, agents of Soviet intelligence are working. A young Belarusian Pavel Smolich lives with his mother in Western Belarus – not far from the border with the BSSR. His older brother Anton is a partisan fighting the Polish invaders. In contrast, Pasha declares his non-interference in social and political life and takes a neutral position: neither yours nor ours. His life credo: let others fight, and I will live by my own rules. Pasha lives like this until, along with the tragic death of his mother at the hands of Polish soldiers, trouble comes to his house. The death of a loved one makes the hero think about simple human values: about loved ones, about the homeland, which is now divided by the border and so needs the help of its citizens…