Underplayed Gems

2020. Free country (2018)

2020. Free country poster
Original title
2020. Безлюдна країна
Directed by
Kornii Hrytsiuk
Genre
mockumentary, pseudo-documentary
Country
Ukraine
Runtime
1h 10m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A pseudo-documentary set in 2020 that imagines Ukraine as a deserted country. It uses a fictional documentary style to explore what happens when a nation is empty of people.

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What happens

2020. Безлюдна країна (англ. 2020 #deserted country) — псевдодокументальний повнометражний художній фільм режисера Корнія Грицюка знятий в Україні. Фільм вийшов в український обмежений кінопрокат 22 листопада 2018. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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