The Tribe

The Tribe

Love and hate need no translation.

2014 · 132 min · ★ 6.7 · Drama, Crime

Deaf-mute Sergey enters a specialized boarding school for the deaf. In navigating through the school's hierarchy, he encounters a corrupt underbelly of criminality, known as The Tribe. By participating in several robberies, he gets propelled higher into the organization, when he meets one of the Chief’s concubines Anya, and unwittingly breaks all the unwritten rules of the group."

Directed by Myroslav Slaboshpytskyi · Written by Myroslav Slaboshpytskyi

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Hryhoriy Fesenko Sergei
Yana Novikova Anya
Rosa Babiy Svetka
Oleksandr Dsiadevych Gera
Oleksandr Osadchyi 'King'
Ivan Tishko Makar
Alexandr Sidelnikov 'Shnyr' (Flunky)
Alexander Panivan Woodwork Teacher
Kyryl Koshyk Sponsor
Yaroslav Biletskiy

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