Donbass
2018 · Movie · 122 min
★ 6.9(113)unSUB Rating
In eastern Ukraine’s Donbass region, everyday life continues amid a brutal conflict where checkpoints, corruption, and fear shape each encounter. A series of connected episodes follows civilians, soldiers, and officials as propaganda blurs reality, violence hides behind routine, and survival often means navigating lies as much as bullets.
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Details
- Original title
- Донбас
- Years
- 2018
- Release date
- 2018-08-30
- Language
- UK
- Runtime
- 122 min
- TMDB rating (input)
- 6.8/10 (113 votes)
About
If you want a bleak, satirical look at war’s everyday chaos and the way propaganda reshapes truth, this may land hard; Not for you if you need a clear hero, tidy plot, or easy catharsis like In the Fog.
Pros: biting satire; tense, immersive moments; timely propaganda themes | Cons: no central protagonist; uneven vignettes; limited context provided
Themes
- black humor
- based on true story
- social satire
- russian occupation
- donbass war
- 2010s
Awards & recognition
- Kinokolo Award — Best Feature Film · 2018
- 100 best films in the history of Ukrainian cinema
- IFFR audience award · 2019 · nominated
- International Submission to the Academy Awards · 2019 · nominated
Cast & crew
Tamara Yatsenko
as Plump-faced Woman
- IZ
Iryna Zayarmiuk
as Creature
Hryhoriy Masliuk
as Town Mayor
Olesia Zhurakivska
as Girl with Bucket
Liudmyla Smorodina
as Woman in Blue
Boris Kamorzin
as Mikhalych
Mikhail Voloshin
as Man in Cap
Yevhen Chepurniak
as Head Physician
Ihor Kyrylchatenko
as First Ukrainian Soldier
Vladyslav Simanko
as First Guy on the Bus
Directed by Sergei Loznitsa