Mamay (film)
{{Short description|2003 film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Mamay
| native_name = {{Infobox name module|Ukrainian|Мамай}}
| director = Oles Sanin
| producer = Maksym Asadchyi
Anna Chmil
Aram Gevorkyan
| writer =
| starring = Viktoria Spesivtseva
Andriy Bilous
Nazl Sejtablaeva
Serhiy Romaniuk
Oles Sanin
Akhtem Seitablaev
Eldar Akimov
Emil Rasilov
| cinematography = Serhiy Mykhalchuk
| editing = Andriy Sanin
| studio =
| distributor =
| released =
| runtime = 80 minutes
| country = Ukraine
| language = Ukrainian
| budget =
| gross =
}}
Mamay ({{langx|uk|Мамай}}) is a 2003 Ukrainian language film. Based on ancient Ukrainian and Crimean Tatar folklore, this is a Ukrainian version of Romeo and Juliet. A fugitive Cossack falls in love with a stunningly beautiful Tatar woman who saves him from certain death. Their love defies age-old hatred between their respective peoples. The film features cinematography by Serhiy Mykhalchuk and a soundtrack by composer Alla Zahaikevych. It was directed by Oles Sanin. Mamay was Ukraine's 2003 submission for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
Plot
Created on the basis of ancient Ukrainian and Crimean Tatar folklore. This is the Ukrainian version of Romeo and Juliet. A fugitive Cossack falls in love with a stunningly beautiful Tatar woman who saves him from imminent death.
Director Sanin wrote about the combination of three stories in the film: two epic Crimean Tatar and one invented by him — how a Tatar woman finds the youngest dying Cossack in the steppe. Brings him home, treats; falls in love with him, becomes his wife.{{Cite web|title=Хто боїться Мамая? (частина ІІІ: Сюжет(и)) - Статті - KINOKOLO.UA|url=https://www.kinokolo.ua/articles/68/|access-date=2022-02-16|website=www.kinokolo.ua}}
Cast
- Viktoria Spesivtseva as Tatar Woman
- Andrij Bilous as Mamay
- Nazl Sejtablaeva as Little Tatar Girl
- Sergey Romanyuk as Eldest Brother
- Oles Sanin as Middle Brother
- Akhtem Seitablaev as Tatar Warrior
- Eldar Akimov as Tatar Warrior
- Emil Rasilov as Tatar Warrior
Production costs
The film's budget amounted to 280 thousand dollars (₴10,298,738).{{Cite web |date=2005-02-18 |title=Мамай |url=http://www.arthousetraffic.com/download/mamai_pr.doc |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050218022922/http://www.arthousetraffic.com/download/mamai_pr.doc |archive-date=2005-02-18 |access-date=2023-02-26}}
Production
The shooting lasted only 24 days. On the eve of the premiere, an agreement was signed with Golden Gate Film to distribute the film in Western film markets. This was the first such case for Ukrainian cinema.{{Cite web|title=Олесь Санин: Кто боится Мамая?|url=https://www.pravda.com.ua/rus/articles/2003/03/3/4371854/|website=Украинская правда|accessdate=2023-03-08|language=ru}} Many years later, Sanin stated that Mamai was an "experiment," his thesis, which was supposed to be seen by a very narrow circle of viewers.{{Cite news|title=Підкорити Голлівуд: 12 фільмів, з якими Україна не змогла отримати «Оскар»|url=https://www.radiosvoboda.org/a/30358345.html|work=Радіо Свобода|date=2020-01-03|accessdate=2023-03-08|language=uk|first=Максим|last=Івануха}}
See also
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060210043952/http://www.columbia.edu/cu/ufc/pages/pages_of_stills/still_mamay.htm "Mamay" at Ukrainian Film Club of Columbia University (link inactive as of 2014.10.26)]
- [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/ufc/films/library_m.html#fma/ "Mamay" at Ukrainian Film Club of Columbia University (retrieved on 2014.10.26)]
- {{IMDb title|id=0384309|title=Mamay}}
{{Romeo and Juliet film adaptations}}
{{Ukrainian submissions for the Academy Award}}
Category:Ukrainian drama films
Category:Ukrainian-language films
Category:Crimean Tatar-language films
Category:Films based on Romeo and Juliet
Category:Crimean Tatar culture
Category:Films based on European myths and legends
Category:Works about ethnic conflict
Category:Films directed by Oles Sanin
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