The biographical film about the poet, human rights activist and Hero of Ukraine Vasyl Stus became scandalous long before its release. Passions forced all interested Ukrainians to follow the process of making the film, raging around a single scene - the last trial of Vasyl Stus, in which the creators of Forbidden promised to show the whole truth about the poet, lawyer, politician and statesman Viktor Medvechuk, who, instead of defending Stus, admitted his guilt.
Subsequently, information appeared on the Internet that this scene had been secretly deleted from the script, allegedly in order to shorten the timing, but connoisseurs of the legendary poet saw in this fear of Medvechuk's authority and raised such a scandal on social networks that the scene in court was returned. And now, when the tortured tape has finally been released, a new nuisance has befallen it: most critics mercilessly berate the film, accusing its creators of wasting public funds. But does "Forbidden" deserve such scathing criticism?
The plot of the film tells about the last years of Vasily Stus's life and his death in a Soviet camp. The poet meets his future wife in a subway car, participates in literary events that are classified by the Soviet government as criminal and nationalistic, creates, loses his job because of anti-Soviet statements, subsequently ends up in prison, from where he never returns, while flashbacks acquaint the viewer with the brightest moments of his youth. It would seem that the film completely reproduces the important moments of the main character's life, but when viewed, his story does not look complete. Aiming to show the full picture of Stus's life, the screenwriters, like beads, gathered together the most famous facts of the poet's biography, forgetting about the thread that was supposed to connect them. The plot of this film is a transition from one rebellious scene to another.: there, Stus argues with the police, there he is outraged by the indifference of his people, there he protests against terror and refuses to remain silent about what worries him. On the one hand, such scenes reveal the rebellious nature of the poet well, but on the other hand, it looks as if the viewer was taken to the Stus museum and led from one exhibit to another, without explaining the connection between them.
The production of the tape can be described in many words, and one thing you can't say for sure about it is that it is talented. The quality of "Forbidden" is reminiscent of one of those television films that are broadcast daily on Ukrainian channels, and which for an experienced viewer can only serve as a background for washing dishes. This is not surprising, because director Roman Brovko, in fact, has experience working exclusively on television. One of his recent works is the TV series "Two Poles of Love" and "Rain Flowers", which were shown on the STB and Ukraine channels, and it seems that this is what prevented the director from switching to the big movie format. transescort.org
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