Part folklore, part opera-ballet, this féerie presents local pagan traditions on the day of the summer solstice and historical events from Cossack times to the more recent 2014 Ukrainian Revolution of Dignity.
In 1971, at the Ukrtelefilm studio, director Roman Oleksiv made the musical film Chervona Ruta in the town of Yaremche (Carpathians). 10 years later, a follow-up film was released with the same performers.
