What: A cinematic screening of “Reflection” at the Barbican, a movie that follows the story of a Ukrainian military surgeon captured in the Donbas region in Ukraine, set in 2014.
When: Wednesday 18th May – 18:10 BST
Where: The Barbican Cinema 2 at the Beech Street, London, EC2Y 8DS
Booking: https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2022/event/new-east-cinema-reflection
Tickets:
- General Admission: £12.00
- Student Tickets: £11
- Children’s Tickets: £6
- Member’s Ticket: £9.60
More About The Film
A Ukrainian military surgeon is captured by the Russian military forces in the Donbas region in Valentyn Vasyanovych’s brilliant, disturbing drama, set in 2014.
Navigating between Kyiv and Eastern Ukraine, Reflection pays equal attention to war’s horrific devaluation of human life, and to the trauma inflicted on the survivor’s psyche. Frames-within-frames, often shaped as screens, populate almost every shot in the film, filling it with striking metaphors and provoking the spectator to accept the role of a witness. Directed, filmed, and edited by Valentyn Vasyanovich, Reflection shares a universe with his acclaimed Atlantis (2019).
The film’s singular vision and pressing questions on PTSD, family, and the limits of fate, place Vasyanovich as one of the great contemporary voices of Ukraine.
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