France / May 09, 2018 / Cannes Film Festival
2h 2min
Overall average
5.0/10
Trailer
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Plot
In the historic Donbass region of eastern Ukraine, despite the cruel war that has been raging since 2014 between the self-proclaimed People's Republics of Donetsk and Luhansk and the Ukrainian government, people try to survive in the rotten heart of chaos, where violence disguises itself as peace, propaganda becomes univocal truth and hatred reigns in the name of love.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Yevhen Chepurniak | Head Physician |
| Ihor Kyrylchatenko | First Ukrainian Soldier |
| Vladyslav Simanko | First Guy on the Bus |
| Oleksii Beldei | Second Guy on the Bus |
| Yaroslav Bezkorovainyi | Soldier in Bandana |
| Olena Khyzhna | Bandersha |
| Arsen Bosenko | First Separatist |
| Thorsten Merten | German Journalist |
| Oleksandr Techynskyi | Photographer |
| Volodymyr Lubovsky | Major |
| Sergey Russkin | Chapai |
| Petro Panchuk | Man in Bomb Shelter |
| Daniil Makarov | Boy in Bomb Shelter |
| Irina Plesnyaeva | Pretty Woman |
| Halyna Kornieieva | Mother |
| Zanna Lubgane | Coloured Blonde |
| Vadym Dubovsky | Fat Faced Boss |
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| Valeriu Andriuță | Commander |
| Serhii Smeian | Soldier in Balaclava |
| Alexander Zamuraev | Semyon |
| Georgiy Deliev | Batyana |
| Valeriy Antonyuk | Captive |
| Iryna Kravchenko | Old Woman at the Bus Stop |
| Valerii Pasichnyk | Commander at the Bus Stop |
| Konstantin Itunin | Guy in White Shirt |
| Evgeny Chistyakov | Guy with Skull |
| Olexandr Cheryomushkin | Guy in Jacket |
| Nina Antonova | Old Woman in Black |
| Viktor Aldoshyn | Old Man in White Hat |
| Olena Bondareva-Repina | Fat Woman |
| Sergey Kolesov | Bekha |
| Svetlana Kolesova | Giurza |
| Natalya Buzko | Woman in Red |
Genres
DramaWar
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Донбас |
| Original language | Український (UK) |
| Spoken languages | English, Pусский, Український |
| Production countries | France, Germany, Netherlands, Romania, Ukraine |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Arthouse Traffic, Graniet Film, ma.ja.de. Fiction, Wild At Art, Digital Cube, JBA Production, Atoms & Void |
| Official site | inter.pyramidefilms.com |
| Release date | 30 agosto 2018 |
| Production | Heino Deckert, Maria Choustova, Denys Ivanov, Peter Warnier, Sergei Loznitsa, Cristian Nicolescu, Jacques Bidou, Marianne Dumoulin, Eric Lagesse, Oana Iancu, Marc van Warmerdam |
| Writer | Sergei Loznitsa |
| Casting | Maria Choustova |
| Editing | Danielius Kokanauskis |
| Cinematography | Oleg Mutu, Erik Sens |
| Assistant directors | Marek Cydorowicz, Sergei Loznitsa, Danielius Kokanauskis |
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| Lighting | Daniel Pauselius |
| Camera operators | Oleg Mutu, Erik Sens |
| Additional photography | Oleg Mutu, Erik Sens |
| Production design | Kirill Shuvalov, Volodymyr Tretyak, Oleg Dorichenko, Dominika Elfimova |
| Art direction | Oleg Dorichenko, Kirill Shuvalov, Volodymyr Tretyak, Dominika Elfimova |
| Set decoration | Volodymyr Tretyak, Kirill Shuvalov, Oleg Dorichenko, Dominika Elfimova |
| Special effects | Oleksandr Suvorov |
| Visual effects | Oleksandr Suvorov |
| Stunts | Dmytro Rudyi |
| Music | Vladimir Golovnitsky, Michel Schöpping |
| Sound | Vladimir Golovnitsky, Michel Schöpping |
| Costume design | Dorota Roqueplo, Tamara Frid |
| Makeup | Tamara Frid, Dorota Roqueplo |
| Hairstyling | Dorota Roqueplo, Tamara Frid |
| Budget | 2.650.000 € |
Release dates
Premiere
Romania / May 26, 2018 / Transilvania International Film Festival
Czechia / Jun 30, 2018 / Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
Germany / Jun 30, 2018 / Munich International Film Festival
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Poland / Jul 13, 2018 / 16 / Transatlantyk Film Festival
Ukraine / Jul 18, 2018 / Odesa International Film Festival
Israel / Jul 28, 2018 / Jerusalem Film Festival
Australia / Aug 10, 2018 / Melbourne International Film Festival
Canada / Sep 06, 2018 / Toronto International Film Festival
Iceland / Sep 27, 2018 / Reyjkavik International Film Festival
Denmark / Sep 29, 2018 / CPH:PIX
South Korea / Oct 05, 2018 / Busan International Film Festival
United Kingdom / Oct 17, 2018 / BFI London Film Festival
Sweden / Nov 13, 2018 / Stockholm International Film Festival
United States / Jan 11, 2019 / Museum of the Moving Image
Netherlands / Jan 29, 2019 / International Film Festival Rotterdam
Limited release
United States / Apr 08, 2022 / New York City; Los Angeles
Theatrical release
Germany / Aug 30, 2018 / 12
France / Sep 26, 2018 / 16
Ukraine / Oct 18, 2018 / 16+
Poland / Oct 19, 2018
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Hungary / Nov 08, 2018
Netherlands / Feb 07, 2019
Spain / Apr 18, 2019 / 12
United Kingdom / Apr 26, 2019 / 15
Lithuania / Jun 17, 2019 / N-13 / k/c „Skalvija“
Digital
France / Feb 05, 2019 / VOD
Ireland / Apr 26, 2019 / 15
Physical media
France / Feb 05, 2019 / DVD
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