Stop-Zemlia

Stop-Zemlia

If you don't dare, you'll never know.

Directed by Kateryna Gornostai

Produced by ESSE Production House, Ukrainian Cultural Foundation

2022122 min6.2 / 10

A tender, intimate portrait of Ukrainian teenage life that balances the beauty and difficulty of adolescence through a blend of fiction and documentary observation.

Hanging out with friends, smoking a lot, spinning bottles and kissing, making mistakes, playing, refusing to accept, dreaming with open eyes - life as a teenager can be overwhelmingly beautiful and difficult at the same time. In her debut, the Ukrainian director composes a deeply emotional and multi-layered portrait of a generation whilst seamlessly flowing between the fictional and the documental.

Questions people ask

  • Is Stop-Zemlia easy watching? Yes. More comforting than 77% of films.

  • Is Stop-Zemlia scary? Barely. Less frightening than 76% of films.

  • Is Stop-Zemlia violent? Barely. Less violent than 76% of films.

  • Is Stop-Zemlia sad? Somewhat. More sad than 70% of films.

  • Does Stop-Zemlia end with hope? Somewhat. More hopeful than 65% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

21/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity25

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise10

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love30

How much audiences actually like it

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Ensemble

Like Stop-Zemlia

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as Stop-Zemlia

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like Stop-Zemlia, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like Stop-Zemlia, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Stop-Zemlia, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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