On the other side of the river

On the Other Side of the River (2023) is a Belarusian historical drama directed by Andrei Khrulev — watch it online on iFILM. Starring Daniil Chup, Antonina Divina and Ivan Bataryov, the film runs 115 minutes and is set in Western Belarus in 1925.

Four years into armed unrest, Soviet agents are moving through the villages under cover. Local residents cling to their faith and try to keep their church from being shut down. Every act of quiet resistance ends the same way.

The film works as a portrait of ordinary people caught between two eras — the old world still breathing, the new one already closing in. Stream On the Other Side of the River online on iFILM.