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
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.
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)
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