Belki de ölümden de beter bir yazgı… Maksym Nakonechnyi’nin bu ilk uzun metrajlı filmi, Ukrayna’nın dürüstlük, özgürlük ve gelecek için mücadele eden kadın savaşçılarına adanmış sert bir tanıklık sunuyor. Aylarca Donbass’ta esir tutulan Ukraynalı hava keşif uzmanı Lilya, sonunda ailesinin yanına döner. Ne var ki, esaretin travması hayallerle karışık bir şekilde ona zulmetmektedir. İçinde bir yerlerde, yaşadıklarını asla unutmamasına yol açan bir şeyler büyüse de kendini bir mağdur olarak görmemekte, bu yüzden de bir türlü özgürleşememektedir. Cannes’da Belirli Bir Bakış bölümünde ilk gösterimini yapan bu filmi yapma fikri yönetmen Nakonechnyi’nin aklına ilk kez 2018’de, Ukraynalı kadın savaşçılar hakkında bir belgeselin kurgusunu yaparken gelmiş: “Olay örgüsünü yazdığımda son derece umutsuz anlarda yeşeren umut ve insanlık hakkında bir hikâye anlatmak istedim. Savaş silahların susmasıyla bitmeyecek, ama insan en sert ve görünmez izleri bile silip aşabilir.”

Kelebek Görüşü

Four short stories are set along the roads of Donbass during the war. There are no safe spaces and no one can make sense of just what is going on.  Even as they are trapped in the chaos, some manage to wield authority over others. But in this world, where tomorrow may never come, not everyone is defenseless and miserable. Even the most innocent victims may have their turn at taking charge.

Bad Roads

A man with a stack of pulp fiction arrives in a village in the Poltava region. Locals know that his name is Slavik, that he comes from Russia, and that he doesn't drink alcohol. Otherwise, he's just like anybody else. He's just a mediocre person. He meets a bright personality in the village. She's a widow called Nina, a local producer of moonshine. Nina is about 20 years older than him. She has a past, she's nervous, but her charisma and vitality attract people. Slavik was also attracted by this. It wasn't easy for them to be together. She loved with passion and was jealous. She wanted him to dig potatoes, not to read, and to booze with her. He learned how to do only the last thing. He had thought he would spend a winter with her and then leave. But no way. Slavik returned to Nina many times as if he was tied to her with some invisible threads. He can't explain his affection for her by anything other than mysticism.