Sniper: The White Raven (2022)

Original title

Снайпер. Білий ворон

Directed by

Marian Bushan

Genre

drama film, action film, war film

Country

Ukraine

Runtime

1h 51m

Rated

R

Rating

7.7 of 10 from 924 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A pacifist high school teacher is forced to become a sniper when war reaches his home in the Donbas. The film follows his transformation as he joins the Ukrainian military to fight in the conflict.

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What happens

Sniper: The White Raven (Ukrainian: «Снайпер. Білий ворон», romanized: Snaiper. Bilyi voron) is a 2022 Ukrainian full-length feature film from UM-Group. Work on the film began in 2019. The war drama won the 11th competition of the Ukrainian State Film Agency, and the film was awarded ₴23,946,572 (80% of the total cost of the film's production). The film is directed by Maryan Bushan and written by Maryan Bushan and Mykola Voronin. The film tells the story of a pacifist high school teacher, who wanted to live in peace and harmony with nature, but was driven to join the Ukrainian military as a sniper after war comes to the Donbas. The story was inspired by the life and experiences of scriptwriter Mykola Voronin, himself a schoolteacher who later enlisted with the military. Filming took place in the fall of 2020 at the International Center of NSU in Kyivshchyna (Kyiv Oblast), prior to Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Military personnel and military equipment of the International Center and the Northern Operational Territorial Unit of the National Guard of Ukraine, as well as the Rapid Response Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine took part in the filming. About a hundred guardsmen and about two dozen pieces of equipment took part in the mass scenes. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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