THE TRIBE

PLEMYA

By Myroslav SLABOSHPYTSKIY

FILM FORUM - as DISTR / CONS

Drama - Completed 2014

A deaf mute teenager enters a specialized boarding school where, to survive, he becomes part of a wild organization – the tribe.
His love for one of the concubines will unwillingly lead him to break all the unwritten rules within the Tribe's hierarchy.

Festivals
& Awards

La Semaine de la Critique 2014
Grand Prix Nespresso and Prix Révélation France 4
Busan - BIFF/APM 2014
Flash Forward
BFI London FF 2014
First Feature Competition Best First Feature
Thessaloniki IFF 2014
Int'l Competition Best Director
EFA 2014
Discovery award - Prix Fipresci
Sundance Film Festival 2015
Spotlight
    • Year of production
    • 2014
    • Genres
    • Drama
    • Countries
    • UKRAINE
    • Languages
    • No dialog
    • Duration
    • 130 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Myroslav SLABOSHPYTSKIY
    • Writer(s)
    • Myroslav SLABOSHPYTSKIY
    • Producer(s)
    • Valentyn VASYANOVYCH (GARMATA FILM PRODUCTION), Iya MYSLYTSKA (GARMATA FILM PRODUCTION)
    • Synopsis
    • Deaf mute Sergey enters a specialized boarding school for deaf-and-dumb.
      In this new place, he needs to find his way through the hierarchy of the school’s network dealing with crime and prostitution, the Tribe.
      By taking part of several robberies, he gets propelled higher into the organization. Then he meets one of the Chief’s concubines Anna, and unwillingly breaks all the unwritten rules of the tribe.