Eastman (2020)

Original title

Східняк

Directed by

Andrii Ivaniuk

Genre

drama, war

Country

Ukraine

Runtime

1h 30m

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

The film follows a day in the life of a middle-aged man from Donbas who has joined the military during the war in Eastern Ukraine. It shows his interactions with a younger commander from a different background, highlighting their unlikely bond and the new traditions that form between them.

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