Packet 9: Tossup 9

A 1930 film set in this modern-day country ends with a montage in which villagers march with a widow whose husband’s corpse brushes apples boughs en route to his burial. (15[1])A woman who spent most of her filmmaking career in this modern-day country (15[1])is known for Brief Encounters, The Long Farewell, and The (-5[1])Asthenic (0[1])Syndrome. A director born in this country (-5[1])explored its history in a trilogy including Arsenal and Earth. That (15[1])director (15[1]-5[1])is the namesake of a (15[1])studio that funded a Romeo and Juliet-like romance set in and shot in this country, Shadows of Forgotten (*) Ancestors. (10[1])A (10[1])cinematographer (-5[1])from this country was the victim (-5[1])of the shot by Alec Baldwin on the set on Rust. (10[2])PBS photojournalists helped shoot a 2023 documentary titled for “20 days in” (10[1])this country, whose current president dubbed for Paddington Bear and named his party after his comedy series Servant of the People. For 10 points, name (10[1])this birth country of Oleksandr Dovzhenko and Volodymyr Zelenskyy. (10[1])■END■ (10[2])

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