![]() ![]() Different groups of partisans have started clashing with the invaders, but it is an uneven fight because they have been forced to hide in the forest and survive without supplies and proper clothing. The events in the film take place during a brutal winter in a remote corner of Belarus sometime after Hitler's armies have arrived. So, there was a general consensus that the message of the film had won, but a lot of people also recognized the great irony that emerged from its success and how in many ways it actually worked against it. Without the endorsement, Shepitko's film would have suffered the same fate hundreds of thousands of other nonconforming films did after the end of WW2. For example, everyone knew that the film was a 'survivor' that miraculously overcame an almost certain death after it was endorsed by Pyotr Masherov, the leader of the Communist Party in Soviet Belorussia (now Belarus). ![]() It the former Soviet Union and the rest of the satellite states it took some time for ordinary people to see Shepitko's film, and when they finally did, they had a very different experience with it because they recognized plenty that was not of any significance to the people in the West. They usually praised the power of its visuals as well as the dual, thought-provoking nature of its narrative. In the West, there were always plenty of people willing to praise Larisa Shepitko's film because they saw it from a very particular angle, and seen from there, it made perfect sense to them. In Russian, with optional English subtitles for the main feature. The supplemental features on the disc include new introduction by Anton Klimov new video interview with actress Lyudmila Polyakova archival Russian television programs short film and more. Larisa Shepitko's "The Ascent" (1977) arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Criterion. ![]()
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