Black comedy that dissolves the conflict in eastern Ukraine. From writer-director Sergei Loznitsa (In the Fog).
In the Donbass, a region...
Black comedy that dissolves the conflict in eastern Ukraine. From writer-director Sergei Loznitsa (In the Fog).
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. This is not a tale of one region, one country or one political system. It is about a world, lost in post-truth and fake identities. It is about each and every one of us.
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88 %57 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
75 %95 reviewsAudience score rating
"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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Variety
Variety"Donbass is a flawed, but vivid achievement."
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The Guardian
The Guardian"Ukrainian filmmaker Sergei Loznitsa couches his bleak humour in documentary-like settings to create an environment that is unsettling and increasingly warped by its own logic."
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Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney Morning Herald"A sprawling black comedy with a vast ensemble cast, it evokes a chaotic state of social breakdown in the Donbass region of Ukraine, often with virtuoso brilliance, but its sometimes over-stretched vignettes can easily tax the overwhelmed viewer."
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Screen Daily
Screen Daily"A brilliant formalist, Loznitsa likes to turn his camera on crowds in motion, turning each sequence into a collective indictment."
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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times"Loznitsa builds up a portrait of a bitter clockwork world where the faces of the doomed are above all part of a landscape."
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Hollywood Reporter
Hollywood ReporterDonbass | Details
Award winner- Winner of Un Certain Regard - Directing Prize, 2018 Cannes Film Festival
- Rating
- R16, Violence, cruelty & offensive language
- Runtime
- 121
- Genre
- Drama
- Country of origin
- Germany, Ukraine, France, Netherlands, Romania
