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
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
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)
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