The Babushkas of Chernobyl

The Babushkas of Chernobyl

Directed by Anne Bogart, Holly Morris

Produced by Chicken & Egg Films, Fork Films

201572 min7.5 / 10

An intimate documentary portrait of elderly Ukrainian women who refuse to abandon their homes despite radioactive contamination, balancing defiance and melancholy with deep attachment to place and memory.

Some 200 women defiantly cling to their ancestral homeland in Chernobyl’s radioactive “Exclusion Zone.”

Questions people ask

  • Is The Babushkas of Chernobyl violent? No. Less violent than 92% of films.

  • Is The Babushkas of Chernobyl sad? Yes. More sad than 82% of films.

  • Does The Babushkas of Chernobyl end with hope? Somewhat. More hopeful than 70% of films.

  • Is The Babushkas of Chernobyl easy watching? Somewhat. More comforting than 60% of films.

  • Is The Babushkas of Chernobyl scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 58% 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.

82/ 100

Cinnamon Score

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

There is almost nothing else like this.

Rarity83

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise76

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love88

How much audiences actually like it

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