Summary
In the historic Donbass region of eastern Ukraine, despite the cruel war that has been raging since 2014 between the self-proclaimed People's Republics of Donetsk and Luhansk and the Ukrainian government, people try to survive in the rotten heart of chaos, where violence disguises itself as peace, propaganda becomes univocal truth and hatred reigns in the name of love.
Good for
- Friends night
- Thought-provoking
- Adults
Skip it if
- You need an uplifting mood
- Graphic violence bothers you
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Critics like it more than audiences (+16)
Critics 83Audiences 67GoodWatch 75
Tomatometer88%
Metascore78
Audience score73%
Letterboxd · 5 K ratings3.5/5
IMDb6.6
User score6.0
Running time
2 h 2 min
A typical length for dramas, +13 min on the typical 109
typical 109122Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 15 countries, rent or buy in 7 more
+5Released
2018
August 30, 2018
8 years ago
Genres
DramaWarLanguage
Ukrainian
Original language
Also spoken
EnglishRussianMade in
France- Germany
Netherlands
Romania
Ukraine
Rated
No age rating yet.
What's in it
- ViolenceStrong
- Gore, disturbing imagesMild
- Frightening scenesMild
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesIntense
- Strong languageNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightPartner WatchSolo WatchThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 34 more40 people
- Tamara YatsenkoPlump-faced Woman
- IZIryna ZayarmiukCreature
- Hryhoriy MasliukTown Mayor
- Olesia ZhurakivskaGirl with Bucket
- Liudmyla SmorodinaWoman in Blue
- Boris KamorzinMikhalych
- Mikhail VoloshinMan in Cap
- Yevhen ChepurniakHead Physician
- Ihor KyrylchatenkoFirst Ukrainian Soldier
Vladyslav SimankoFirst Guy on the Bus
Oleksii BeldeiSecond Guy on the Bus
Yaroslav BezkorovainyiSoldier in Bandana
Elena HizhnayaBandersha
Arsen BosenkoFirst Separatist
Thorsten MertenGerman Journalist
Oleksandr TechynskyiPhotographer- VLVolodymyr LubovskyMajor
Sergey RusskinChapai
Petro PanchukMan in Bomb Shelter
Daniil MakarovBoy in Bomb Shelter
Irina PlesnyaevaPretty Woman
Halyna KornieievaMother
Zanna LubganeColoured Blonde
Vadym DubovskyFat Faced Boss
Directing · 3
- Sergei Loznitsa Director, Screenplay, Associate Producer
- Danielius Kokanauskis Script Supervisor, Editor
- Marek Cydorowicz First Assistant Director
Production · 10
- Heino Deckert Producer
- Maria Choustova Casting, Associate Producer
- Marianne Dumoulin Co-Producer
- Jacques Bidou Co-Producer
- Eric Lagesse Associate Producer
- Marc van Warmerdam Co-Producer
Camera · 2
Sound · 2
- Vladimir Golovnitsky Sound Editor, Sound Designer, Sound Recordist
- Michel Schöpping Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Art · 4
- Kirill Shuvalov Production Design
- Oleg Dorichenko Art Direction
- Volodymyr Tretyak Set Decoration
- Dominika Elfimova Property Master
Costume & Make-Up · 2
- Dorota Roqueplo Costume Designer
- Tamara Frid Makeup Artist
Visual Effects · 1
- Alexandr Suvorov Special Effects Supervisor
Lighting · 1
- Daniel Pauselius Gaffer
Other crew · 1
- Dmytro Rudyi Stunt Coordinator
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