In Russian-occupied Ukraine, even burying a loved one is a crime: the film presented at Cannes is coming to Lithuania
“The story of the war is told through a small Ukrainian town occupied by Russia. In this closed world, each resident has their own idea of duty. Madness and death are close at hand. Our film allows viewers to step back and look at the situation from the outside. We know which side we are on; we condemn no one, we simply show,” says the film’s director, Rostislav Kirpičenka, a Ukrainian born in Lithuania, describing the mission of “Spring.”
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