In the Donbass, a region of Eastern Ukraine, a hybrid war takes place, involving an open armed conflict alongside killings and robberies on a mass scale perpetrated by separatist gangs. In the Donbass, war is called peace, propaganda is uttered as truth and hatred is declared to be love. A journey through the Donbass unfolds as a chain of curious adventures, where the grotesque and drama are as intertwined as life and death.
The „absurd, grotesque, comical – even incomprehensible – events are factual and those who experience them find it hard to believe that they are part of their lives,” says director Sergei Loznitsa, winner of the Best Director in the Un Certain Regard Competition at Cannes.
Donbass
Donbass
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Genre
Drama
Director
Sergei Loznitsa
Run time
2h 1min
Cast
Tamara Yatsenko, Liudmila Smorodina, Olesya Zhurakovskaya
Genre
Drama
Director
Sergei Loznitsa
Run time
2h 1min
Cast
Tamara Yatsenko, Liudmila Smorodina, Olesya Zhurakovskaya
In the Donbass, a region of Eastern Ukraine, a hybrid war takes place, involving an open armed conflict alongside killings and robberies on a mass scale perpetrated by separatist gangs. In the Donbass, war is called peace, propaganda is uttered as truth and hatred is declared to be love. A journey through the Donbass unfolds as a chain of curious adventures, where the grotesque and drama are as intertwined as life and death.
The „absurd, grotesque, comical – even incomprehensible – events are factual and those who experience them find it hard to believe that they are part of their lives,” says director Sergei Loznitsa, winner of the Best Director in the Un Certain Regard Competition at Cannes.
The „absurd, grotesque, comical – even incomprehensible – events are factual and those who experience them find it hard to believe that they are part of their lives,” says director Sergei Loznitsa, winner of the Best Director in the Un Certain Regard Competition at Cannes.
Info
Rating
-
Production year
2018
Global distributor
Edition Salzbeger
Local distributor
Pimedate Ööde Filmifestival MTÜ
In cinema
5/9/2022