The Earth Is Blue as an Orange
“How much power can art have in wartime?”
2020•1h 14m•7.2•Released
Documentary
Single mother Anna and her four children live in the front-line war zone of Donbas, Ukraine. While the outside world is made up of bombings and chaos, the family is managing to keep their home a safe haven, full of life and full of light. Every member of the family has a passion for cinema, motivating them to shoot a film inspired by their own life during a time of war. The creative process raises the question of what kind of power the magical world of cinema could have during times of disaster. How to picture war through fiction? For Anna and the children, transforming trauma into a work of art is the ultimate way to stay human.
Director
Iryna Tsilyk
Writer
Iryna Tsilyk
Languages
Russian, Ukrainian
Studio
Moonmakers
Cast
Hanna Hladka
Herself
Stanislav Hladkyi
Himself
Anastasiia Trofymchuk
Herself
Myroslava Trofymchuk
Herself
Vladyslav Trofymchuk
Himself
Production
Company
Moonmakers
Company
Albatros Communicos
Producer
Anna Kapustina
Producer
Giedrė Žickytė
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