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Oleg and the War

2017 · 40 min

A quiet, closely observed portrait of childhood under distant shelling, tender and heavy with the weight of a place that may not hold.

Directed by: Simon Lereng Wilmont
Genres: Documentary, War
Starring: Alexandra Ryabichkina, Oleg Afanasyev

Overview: The film follows 10-year-old Oleg, whose life has been turned upside down by the ongoing war in East Ukraine. Oleg lives with his beloved grandmother Alexandra in a small house in a village on the frontline. Most people have left the village, but Oleg and Alexandra love their life together there and want to stay on and take care of each other. But life is becoming more and more difficult and the war does not seem to end.

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Directed by: Simon Lereng Wilmont
Genres: Documentary, War
Starring: Alexandra Ryabichkina, Oleg Afanasyev

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
bleakstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: war
family
survival
isolation
parenthood
Places: countryside
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: documentary
true story
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Humour	2
Realism	10
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Tension	6
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Complexity	4
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