FORGOTTEN BY GOD

Cinemavixion Review

Aleksey Muradov's "Forgotten by God" is an ambitious and somber chronicle of a Russian family's endurance through the tumultuous landscape of the 20th and early 21st centuries. Spanning from the ashes of the Russian Civil War in 1920 to the complex geopolitical realities of 2017 Ukraine, the film unflinchingly portrays how four distinct conflicts—the Civil War, the Great Patriotic War, the First Chechen War, and the intervention in Ukraine—indelibly mark the lives and deaths of its central family. While specific critical reception and awards are noted as N/A, the film's strength lies in its sweeping narrative scope and its poignant exploration of generational trauma and resilience against the backdrop of historical upheaval. The performances, particularly from Mikael Amirkhanov, Dmitriy Arbenin, and Alina Babak, anchor the sprawling story with emotional depth, making "Forgotten by God" a significant, albeit challenging, cinematic journey through Russian history.