Tragicomedy, a must see. Visual pop-up of state aspirations to show to the world.
The film tells of the disaster, comparable to the blockade of Soviet Leningrad during WWII by Nazis. Incredible fact of such a life in Europe in 2019. The film shows the no man's, unnecessary land - a zone of alienation of common sense, where moral guidelines are lost.
One of the strongest documentary filmmakers in the post-Soviet space appeals to the artistic genre, wishing to convey impartial facts to their people and European neighbors. The camera, soaring and fixing at the top corner of the scene at the end of the film, underlines the melancholic neutrality that the director tries to observe in his story despite the fact that it is about crimes.
Some unnaturalness of acting in mass scenes blurs the line between documentary and feature film, naturalizing what is happening: the lie portrayed by the actor is shaded by people who are not required to depict anything, because they know that at the moment of shooting they are lying, so on their faces frozen lost embarrassment, distrust.
The contrast of the actors' low recognition with their sharp, piercing characters immerses them in the film firmly, allowing them to believe.
The film tells of the disaster, comparable to the blockade of Soviet Leningrad during WWII by Nazis. Incredible fact of such a life in Europe in 2019. The film shows the no man's, unnecessary land - a zone of alienation of common sense, where moral guidelines are lost.
One of the strongest documentary filmmakers in the post-Soviet space appeals to the artistic genre, wishing to convey impartial facts to their people and European neighbors. The camera, soaring and fixing at the top corner of the scene at the end of the film, underlines the melancholic neutrality that the director tries to observe in his story despite the fact that it is about crimes.
Some unnaturalness of acting in mass scenes blurs the line between documentary and feature film, naturalizing what is happening: the lie portrayed by the actor is shaded by people who are not required to depict anything, because they know that at the moment of shooting they are lying, so on their faces frozen lost embarrassment, distrust.
The contrast of the actors' low recognition with their sharp, piercing characters immerses them in the film firmly, allowing them to believe.