Come and See

Come and See

To love… to have children.

Rating

4.8 (2)

Release Date

10/17/1985

Runtime

142 mins

Genres

Overview

The invasion of a village in Belarus by German forces sends young Flyora into the forest to join the weary Resistance fighters, against his family's wishes. There he meets a girl, Glasha, who accompanies him back to his village. On returning home, Flyora finds his family and fellow peasants massacred. His continued survival amidst the brutal debris of war becomes increasingly nightmarish, a battle between despair and hope.

Status

Released

Original Language

Russian

Budget

-

Revenue

$20,929,648

Homepage

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How It Feels

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An unrelenting descent into the psychological and physical annihilation wrought by warfare, as a boy's naïve idealism is methodically destroyed by witnessing atrocity. Watching it feels less like viewing a film and more like enduring a wound.

Mood

Dread-soakedBleakClaustrophobicUnsettlingMournful

Themes

WarMortalityComing of ageGriefSurvival

Tone

Bleak

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

HandheldNaturalisticHigh-contrast

Structure

Linear

Heads up

Graphic violenceChild endangermentSuicide and self-harm

Recent Reviews

nicolascagegoons

Come and see is THE war film.
I think the only movie that comes close to display the unsettling, horrific events and the monsters humans can be is schindlers list but even then, i think come and see is still better simple because its put threw the perspective of a kid thats probably around 15-16 years old.
Im not gonna ramble on about how great is except for one moment.
One moment where we actually see the nazi's for the first time.
The scene where almost everyone in the village gets locked up and burned alive.
I think the best detail about this scene in how it displays the cruel and inhumane nature of nazi's is how when you look at our protagonist and everyone from said village, there is nothing but fear,dread, sadness and despair in the eyes of the people.
But for the nazi's its like a party.
Its like teenages messing around with fire but these aren't teenagers JUST playing with fire.
These are grown adults, brainwashed by the one who they look up to.
These are adults who toy with the lives of every single person they come into contact with.
They harm, they destroy and no remorse.
"You have no right to be"

Popular Reviews

nicolascagegoons

Come and see is THE war film.
I think the only movie that comes close to display the unsettling, horrific events and the monsters humans can be is schindlers list but even then, i think come and see is still better simple because its put threw the perspective of a kid thats probably around 15-16 years old.
Im not gonna ramble on about how great is except for one moment.
One moment where we actually see the nazi's for the first time.
The scene where almost everyone in the village gets locked up and burned alive.
I think the best detail about this scene in how it displays the cruel and inhumane nature of nazi's is how when you look at our protagonist and everyone from said village, there is nothing but fear,dread, sadness and despair in the eyes of the people.
But for the nazi's its like a party.
Its like teenages messing around with fire but these aren't teenagers JUST playing with fire.
These are grown adults, brainwashed by the one who they look up to.
These are adults who toy with the lives of every single person they come into contact with.
They harm, they destroy and no remorse.
"You have no right to be"

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