Intercepted (2024)

Original title

Мирні люди

Directed by

Oksana Karpovych

Genre

documentary film

Country

Ukraine, France, Canada

Runtime

1h 35m

Rated

13

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film combines intercepted phone calls between Russian soldiers and their families with footage of war damage in Ukraine. It presents these two kinds of audio and video side by side to show the contrast between personal conversations and the results of the invasion.

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What happens

Intercepted (version in Ukrainian: «Мирні люди», romanized: Myrni liudy, lit. 'Peaceful people') is a 2024 Ukrainian-Canadian-French documentary film that merges the intercepted phone calls of Russian soldiers in Ukraine with their families back home with images of the destruction caused by the invasion. The film had received criticism for its use of unverifiable phone recordings sourced off the Ukrainian intelligence's YouTube channel, leading some to question its authenticity and inherent bias. The film is written and directed by Oksana Karpovych and filmed by cinematographer Christopher Nunn. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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