If you loved The Color of Pomegranates, try Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

What they share

Both films are directed by Sergei Parajanov, and they both carry the foreign gem, surreal mood tags, and they sit in Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Color of Pomegranates, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors is

Love and revenge entwine in 19th-century Ukraine. Ivan falls for his father's killer's daughter. Fate keeps them apart, naturally.

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