Donbass

Sergei Loznitsa
2018 - Drama - 110 min

International cinema


Donbass

country:
Germany, Ukraine, France, Netherlands
language:
Russian, Ukrainian, English
subtitles:
English

Seamlessly divided into 13 segments, “Donbass” recounts the corrosive nature of the conflict pitting Ukrainian nationalists against supporters of Russia’s proxy Donetsk People’s Republic in eastern Ukraine. No one comes out clean, but how could they, when years of manipulation have malignantly stirred animosities on both sides? Corruption and humiliation are the guiding forces of “Donbass,” resulting in a scathing portrait of a society where human interaction has descended to a level of barbarity more in keeping with late antiquity than the so-called contemporary civilized world.


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