Tuesday 3 November 2020

UKRAINA! FILM FESTIVAL ONLINE

НЕ ХВИЛЮЙСЯ, ДВЕРІ ВІДЧИНЯТЬСЯ (DON'T WORRY, THE DOORS WILL OPEN)

Watchable. An interesting travelogue with an impressive range of protagonists. The documentary covers South-Western Railway. In comparison to Poland, Ukraine appears as if stuck in the 90s. And poorer than the Polish 90s because there are no fortunes in sight. Crime, in turn, is. The travelling, often for vending work, people's experiences resemble Polish ones of the transformation period. But the rail is also a scene of deadly, often gruesome accidents recounted by its workers.The whole film is well-balanced. It's cut in a way which renders the film comprehensive, comprehensible and absorbing simultaneously.

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