Northwest Film Forum

"A glorious excursion into Technicolor fantasy and a film that remains very true to the spirit of Russian/Ukrainian literary master Nikolai Gogol, EVENINGS ON A FARM is one of the most beautiful works in the rich strain of Russian cinematic fantasy. The tale of a blacksmith (Aleksandr Khvylya) from a darkened village sent on an endless quest on Christmas Eve by his beloved Oksana (L. Myznikova) -- ends in St. Petersburg with a stop along the way for a conference with the devil. The story has been filmed a few times throughout Russian film history, but never with so much charm and such rich feeling for the satiric, folkloric power of the source material." -Kent Jones

NOTE: Based on Gogol's 1832 collection of short stories, this story is so well known in Russia that it has recently been adapted into a series of video games.