Defying Everybody

Naperekor vsemu

Soviet Union, Yugoslavia

1972

86 Min

Color

Russian, Serbian

Currently 4.7/5 Stars.
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DP Villy Kaljuta, Vilen Kalyuta

CAST Vladimir Popovic, Larisa Kadochnikova, Ivan Mikolajchuk, Boris Khmelnitsky, Boro Begovic, Ilija Bozovic, Darinka Djuraskovic, Yuri Dubrovin, Valeri Lushchevsky, Veljko Mandic

Tribal disputes, famine, and Turkish attacks have brought Montenegro to the edge of ruination. A poetic story about Vladika Petar Petrović Njegoš who assumed the leadership of the land during most difficult times.

Director

Yuri Ilyenko

Considered one of the Ukraine’s leading filmmakers of the 1970s and 1980s, Yuri Ilyenko is also a noted cinematographer, best known for his award-winning photography of Sergei Paradjanov’s Teni Zabytykh Predkov/Shadows of Our Forgotten Ancestors (1964). As a director, Ilyenko’s best-known films include Bily Ptakh Z Chornoyu Oznakoyu/White Bird With a Black Spot (1970), which many critics consider one of the era’s best. Ilyenko graduated from Moscow’s VGIK in 1961 with a major in cinematography and worked as a lighting director at Yalta Film Studios. In 1963, he moved to Dovzhenko Film Studios and two years later made his directorial debut with Rodnik Dlya Zhazhdushchikh. —allmovie guide

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J. O.

27Nov11

Ruminates on warring clans, spiritual leadership, and the disintegration of community. Each scene is more visually stunning than the next, revealing the sorrowful path of the Bishop. "Defying Everybody" is ultimately a very introspective and melancholic experience.