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The Earth Is Blue as an Orange( 2020)

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How much power can art have in wartime?

Overview

Single mother Anna and her four children live in the front-line war zone of Donbas, Ukraine. While the outside world is made up of bombings and chaos, the family is managing to keep their home a safe haven, full of life and full of light. Every member of the family has a passion for cinema, motivating them to shoot a film inspired by their own life during a time of war. The creative process raises the question of what kind of power the magical world of cinema could have during times of disaster. How to picture war through fiction? For Anna and the children, transforming trauma into a work of art is the ultimate way to stay human.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Hanna Hladka

      Herself

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      Stanislav Hladkyi

      Himself

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      Anastasiia Trofymchuk

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      Myroslava Trofymchuk

      Herself

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      Vladyslav Trofymchuk

      Himself

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    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Tue Sep 03 2024
    This is one of these true-life fly on the wall documentaries that really does hit home. It centres around the mother of four "Anna" who is trying to bring up her children with some semblance of normality amidst the ongoing troubles in the Donbass area of the Ukraine. With the bombs dropping and the bullets never far away, the family decide to make a film depicting their day to day struggles and their day to day joys - and, surprisingly, there are quite a few of the latter to brighten up the otherwise prevailing scenario of doom and gloom. The children age from mid-teens to ten years younger, an...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

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    Keywords

    • social issues
    • human interest