''Mamay'' ( uk, Мамай) is a
2003 Ukrainian language
Ukrainian ( uk, украї́нська мо́ва, translit=ukrainska mova, label=native name, ) is an East Slavic language of the Indo-European language family. It is the native language of about 40 million people and the official state lan ...
film. Based on ancient Ukrainian and
Crimean Tatar folklore, this is a Ukrainian version of ''
Romeo and Juliet''. A
fugitive Cossack falls in love with a stunningly beautiful Tatar woman who saves him from certain death. Their love defies age-old hatred between their respective peoples. The film features cinematography by
Serhiy Mykhalchuk and a soundtrack by composer
Alla Zahaikevych. It was directed by
Oles Sanin. ''Mamay'' was Ukraine's 2003 submission for an
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
Plot
Created on the basis of ancient Ukrainian and Crimean Tatar folklore. This is the Ukrainian version of Romeo and Juliet. A fugitive Cossack falls in love with a stunningly beautiful Tatar woman who saves him from imminent death.
Director Sanin wrote about the combination of three stories in the film: two epic Crimean Tatar and one invented by him — how a Tatar woman finds the youngest dying Cossack in the steppe. brings him home, treats; falls in love with him, becomes his wife.
References
External links
"Mamay" at Ukrainian Film Club of Columbia University (link inactive as of 2014.10.26)*
Ukrainian drama films
Ukrainian-language films
2003 films
Films based on Romeo and Juliet
Crimean Tatar culture
Films set in Ukraine
Films based on folklore
Works about Cossacks
Works about ethnic conflict
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