Their Own Republic
Director Aliona Polunina
Countries Russian Federation
Duration 70 min
Synopsis
An obsessive and acute portrait of men during war time shot in the Donetsk People’s Republic, at the headquarters of a pro-RUn battalion. In a war that’s been going on for 4 years and has lost all meaning, these lost men experience situations between absurdity and tragedy. The everyday gestures turn into abysses in this place lacking coordinates; the men reveal their frailty; madness takes over. A touching film, full of moments of poetry and humour.
An obsessive and acute portrait of men during war time shot in the Donetsk People’s Republic, at the headquarters of a pro-RUn battalion. In a war that’s been going on for 4 years and has lost all meaning, these lost men experience situations between absurdity and tragedy. The everyday gestures turn into abysses in this place lacking coordinates; the men reveal their frailty; madness takes over. A touching film, full of moments of poetry and humour.