Recommendation: SCREEN
Synopsis:
A Polish van traverses the roads of Ukraine. On board, the driver-director and evacuated people, following the Russian invasion. The vehicle becomes a fragile and temporary refuge, a zone of confidences of exiles.
Review:
This was the winner of the 2023 Filmfest Hamburg in the category „The political film“.
I was frozen when the credits rolled.
The jury said it best about the film:
„It is shot under the most difficult conditions, with a single camera, in a single, narrow space.
Every now and then the view goes outside through the window and shows pictures that we have all seen on TV in a similar way, pictures of destruction. But now we see them from the perspective…