Bitter Harvest (upcoming film)
| Bitter Harvest | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | George Mendeluk |
| Produced by |
Ian Ihnatowiycz Richard Bachynsky Hoover |
| Written by | Richard Bachynsky Hoover (original story and script) |
| Starring |
Max Irons Jack Hollington Ostap Stupka Alexander Pecheritsyia |
| Music by | Benjamin Wallfisch |
| Cinematography | Douglas Milsome |
| Edited by | Stuard Baird & Lenka Svab |
| Distributed by | TBA |
Running time | approx. 2 hours |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $ 21.000.000 |
Bitter Harvest is an upcoming Canadian epic romantic-drama film,first ever in the English language on film to depict Ukraine's soviet era Genocidal Holodomor 1932-33.The film was directed by George Mendeluk,and the passionate raw story screenplay writer is Richard Bachynsky Hoover also a Toronto film actor and member of ACTRA now a film screenwriter -producer (aka Sutton his fathers orphan name ,then corrected ) until he researched his fathers lost archival hidden Ukrainian true name and roots in 1990. Richard was raised as the seventh son in Kingston, Ontario,Canada and raised along with eight other brothers and a younger sister by his deep supporting parents .His mother Ada who believed in her sons "drive of vision and will power and heart and drawing and writing acting talents. Her name was previously Ada Pople- Vankoughnett was born in Ontario ,via her family from London on her fathers side and mothers side from upstate Johnstown and Dexter area in New York that stemmed as some of the Pennsylvania and upper New Yorks first original European immigrants ,they were a huge family that also came with many other relatives sailing on the old oceanic steam ships from Germany now (France border region) named Alsace Colmar Lorraine and prior 200 years from Gachnang Switzerland the family was known as Von Gachnat then corrupted changed to Vankoughnett mixing with the Dutch masses in USA ,which became a clan of Kingston and Cornwall Ontario popular Empire Loyalist family bloodlines and close friends with Canada's first Prime Minister Sir John A Macdonald (see Phylip Vankoughnett on Google and Sir Author Conan Doyle connection to the family). -Hoover was Richards mothers first married surname having six sons then four more children after with Richards father.
Richards father was Ukrainian descended born as Yaroslav (Slawko ) aka Willy Bachynsky Kochanowsky) aka Willy who always believed in his sons talents strongly .Richard resided as well in Kiev Ukraine for 11 years. The film stars Max Irons, Samantha Barks, Barry Pepper and Terence Stamp.[1] It is set during the 1932 soviet man-made famine that killed millions of Ukrainians. It is the first film in the English language to depict in an action drama film genre the genocide of the Ukrainian people, known as the Holodomor (1928–33), in then Soviet Ukraine. Shot on location in Ukraine, with post production at Pinewood Studios, London.
Plot
The BITTER HARVEST story centers around Yuri (Max Irons), an artistic soul born into a family of Cherkashyna Holodny Yar Cossacks living on a countryside family farm on the rural outskirts of Smila, who struggles to win the approval of his grandfather, Ivan Kochanuik (Stamp), and father Yaroslav Kochanuik ( Barry Pepper), and the heart of Natalka (Samantha Barks). Their lives are changed forever with the invasion of the Red Army and the subsequent persecution of his family and fellow countrymen as Joseph Stalin's regime of red communist terror extends across Ukraine and Eastern Europe.
Production
Canadian Promiminent businessman Mr.Ian Ihnatowycz and Richard Bachynsky Hoover (Ukraine) act as the Executive Producers with fellow Canadian Chad Barger acting as producer.
On October 16, 2013 Aneurin Barnard joined the cast of the film as Mykola, along side stars Samantha Barks as Naatalka and Max Irons as Yuri who in the film portrays the young artistic talented only son of a Cossack (Kozak) family hopeful of a career and studies in the famous Kiev art Academy during the communist Soviet 1932 farm and industrial collectivization growing up in rural Smila central Cherkasy oblast (region) Ukraine.[2] The film covers the Holodomor, a man-made famine that killed millions of Ukrainians. Producer Ian Ihnatowycz stated, "Given the importance of what happened, and that few outside Ukraine knew about it because it had been covered up, the story of this genocide needed to be told. It's relevant today. [...] It's ironic that before we even finished our film we had yet another example of Russia's aggression against Ukraine."[3]
The cast also includes Tamer Hassan, Lucy Brown, Jack Hollington and Tom Austen.[4]
Filming
Filming was underway in Ukraine by November 15, 2013.[5] On February 5, 2014 Variety reported that the shoot had just wrapped in Kiev.[1] In early 2014, post-production continued at London's Pinewood Studios, using the official James Bond filming tank for under-water filming. Skyfall editor Stuart Baird and SFX teams worked on the film in post production.
See also
References
- 1 2 Barraclough, Leo (5 February 2014). "‘White Queen’ Star Max Irons Finishes Ukraine Shoot for ‘Devil’s Harvest’". variety.com. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
- ↑ Tartaglione, Nancy (17 October 2013). "Aneurin Barnard Joins ‘The Devil’s Harvest’". deadline.com. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
- ↑ Francis, Diane (October 14, 2015). "New Movie Reveals Russia's Attempts to Destroy Ukraine". Atlantic Council.
- ↑ Trumbore, Dave (4 February 2014). "First-Look Images from THE DEVIL’S HARVEST Starring Terence Stamp, Max Irons, and Barry Pepper". Collider.com. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
- ↑ Mitchell, Wendy (15 November 2013). "Max Irons, Samantha Barks go for Harvest". screendaily.com. Retrieved 8 February 2014.