Something Better to Come (2014)
Right outside of Moscow – home to the highest number of billionaires pr. capita – you’ll find the largest junkyard in the world: The Svalka. It’s a hard place run by the Russian mafia. And it's where Yula lives with her mother, her friends and many other people. Life is tough in the Svalka, but it’s also a place where beauty and humanity can arise from the most unlikely conditions. It is from this place that Yula dreams of escaping and changing her life, even if it seems impossible. Oscar-nominated director Hanna Polak followed Yula for 14 years, bringing us along on Yula's journey to achieve this dream.
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Very well executed
I'll tell you why so serious
Great Film overall
The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.
This documentary is very dry in its approach, which is a danger in many documentaries, but not this one, because the material it documents speaks for itself in a very touching manner.The material is extremely heart-breaking and very thought-provoking, to the extent where I was forced to change my political beliefs. It is an excellent show-case of how capitalism can fail to the degree where children are forced to live on a garbage dump.I was stunned when it was finished, not quite sure what to think, because it is very moving and sad, yet happy, as they are able to find happiness even though they live in a terrible environment.It is a must-watch work of social-realism. Anyone should watch it.It isn't a work of propaganda, as the cutting is minimal, there is barely any text or speech which is not by the people, it follows.
We are born to be happy. I could feel it from the very birth. "Something better to come." To live in this world is not easy. We have to face so many difficulties. This film is very close to me. It is interesting that my name is Yulia, too.) And also because I also live in a post-Soviet country. So we always have something to learn, something to strive for. But on this path we need knowledge, understanding, vision. We need spirituality. For each person it is always good to know the different histories and experiences of others. I wish everyone to see this film! Thank you very much for Hanna Polak for such hard work.
Amazing work of over 14 years filming , uplifting, powerful story. Be the Change. A young girl's story into survival of impossible, from dumbness and dirt of dump into her own place on earth .This is a story of hope and beauty of human nature. It has changed my way of looking at others , I have seen the beauty of human nature, a poetry of human being in spite of how fallen and degraded may his surroundings be. The movie is about power of Hope and how it has carried Yula out of the rotten rubbish damp into her own place on Earth . This powerful story is dressed up in beautiful images. Poetry of Hanna Polak filming has been renowned worldwide, allowing us to see the Light where there seems to be only dirt and desperation.
Sometimes a documentary cannot only make you see what somebody's life is like, but to a certain extent also can make you feel it. Hanna Polak did a great job doing that, portraying the life of Yula, a Russian girl growing up on the biggest garbage dump of Moscow.The film follows the life of Yula, who growing up has the hopes of a better life, even though the odds look slim. During fourteen years we see her cope with the ordinary struggles of a girl coming into adulthood, albeit her environment is totally different and unreal.I found the documentary moving because of the directness of it. No special tricks were used to put emphasis on the situation, and the lack of it made it all the more impressive. You really get to know the people surrounding Yula, and it shows how miserable living conditions can affect them.Strong documentary, really worth watching