Come and See: Film Screening

On July 28, a film screening of Come and See will take place at Pushkin House. Come and See is one of the most powerful and brutal Soviet films about the war that tells the story of the Nazi occupation of Belarus in 1943. The main protagonist is a 16-year-old boy, Flyora, who participates in the guerrilla movement and witnesses the horrors of an SS death squad in action. Within two days, he transforms from a cheerful teenager into a grey-haired old man. This film is the strongest anti-war statement, affecting the viewer almost on a physiological level. By means of its sharp and shocking forms, it avoids romanticising the bloodshed, and questions the nature of violence in the world.

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