“Atlantis” (Атлантида, 2019), Directed by Valentyn Vasyanovych. In Ukrainian with English subtitles.
A soldier suffering from PTSD befriends a young volunteer hoping to restore peaceful energy in a war-torn society. This slow, meditative film takes viewers to 2025 and portrays an uninhabitable “wasteland” whose only hope is love.
Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center
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