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Atlantis (2019)

Atlantis poster
Original title
Атлантида
Directed by
Valentyn Vasyanovych
Genre
drama film
Country
Ukraine
Runtime
1h 48m
Rated
12
Rating
6.6 of 10 from 55 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A former soldier with PTSD wanders a war-ravaged near-future Ukraine. He tries to find meaning and connection in a world still marked by destruction.

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What happens

Atlantis (Ukrainian: «Атлантида», romanized: Atlantyda) is a 2019 Ukrainian dystopian post-apocalyptic film directed by Valentyn Vasyanovych. It tells the story of a former soldier struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder in a near-future Ukraine, following a war with Russia. It received positive critical reviews overall and won the award for Best Film in the Horizons section of the 76th Venice International Film Festival. It was selected as the Ukrainian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. Atlantis received new attention three years after its release with the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which the film had fictionally depicted the aftermath of. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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