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Eastern Ukraine, in the nearest future. A desert unsuitable for human habitation. Sergey, a former soldier suffering from PTSD, is having trouble adapting to his new reality: a life in pieces, a land in ruins. When the smelter he works at finally shuts down, he finds an unexpected way to cope joining the volunteer Black Tulip mission dedicated to exhuming war corpses. By working alongside Katya, he understands that a better future is possible. Will he learn to live without war and accept himself as he is?
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Cast:
Andriy Rymaruk, Liudmyla Bileka, Vasyl Antoniak -
Original Title:
Atlantis -
Country:
Ukraine -
Year:
2019 - 106 min Subtitles PT and EN
Director
Valentyn Vasyanovych
Valentyn Vasyanovych (1971, Zhythomyr) is an Ukrainian film producer, director, and DOP. He graduated as a cinematographer and documentary filmmaker from the Karpenko-Kary National University of Theatre, Cinema and TV, also studying at The Wajda School in Poland. Vasyanovych first gained recognition as a filmmaker with his documentary Against the Sun (2004), which won several awards. In 2012, he made his debut feature film Business As Usual, and in 2014 Vasyanovych produced and photographed The Tribe, which became the most successful Ukrainian film in recent history and won the Grand Prize at Cannes’ Critics week. His latest fiction feature, Black Level (2017) was awarded the FIPRESCI Prize in Odessa’s Film Festival.
