Atlantis (2019 film)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with Atlantics.

Atlantis
Atlantis (2019 film).jpg
Film poster
Directed byValentyn Vasyanovych
Release date
  • 4 September 2019 (2019-09-04) (Venice)
Running time
106 minutes
CountryUkraine
LanguageUkrainian

Atlantis (Ukrainian: Атлантида) is a 2019 Ukrainian dystopian[1] post-apocalyptic[2] film directed by Valentyn Vasyanovych.[3] It was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival.[4] At the 76th Venice International Film Festival, the film won the award for Best Film in the Horizons section.[5] It was selected as the Ukrainian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.[6]

None of the roles in this movie were played by actors, but rather by veterans, volunteers, and soldiers.[7] One of the main roles was played by Andriy Rymaryk,[8] a former military scout, who went through the War in Donbas and currently works at Come Back Alive, a Ukrainian NGO that helps Ukrainian soldiers through crowdfunding. Of note, paramedic Liudmyla Bileka and volunteer Vasyl Antoniak were also in the film.

Photography predominantly occurred in Mariupol, from January to March 2018.[9]

Plot[]

The story follows Sergiy (Rymaryk) a retired soldier with PTSD trying to navigate life in Eastern Ukraine.[10] It takes place in 2025, one year after the end of the war with Russia.[11] He works at a smelter with another veteran and friend, Ivan, both ostracized by other workers blaming them for fighting in the war that devastated the region. Sergiy and Ivan still train much like the war has not ended, dressing in combat uniforms and competing in high-stress target shooting. Ivan commits suicide in a smelting pot, and the factory is shut down shortly afterwards due to economic liberalization rendering it nonprofitable. Sergiy then finds himself in a new job driving a water truck and delivering to areas where pollution from the war has made local sources unpotable.[12] He has trouble adapting to his new life until he meets Katya (Bileka), previously an archaeologist who now works as a humanitarian activist for the Black Tulip Mission, a volunteer organization exhuming and identifying the war dead.[12][13] Sergiy is offered the opportunity to escape his situation, after saving a member of an environmental NGO from a mine, but it is implied in the conclusion that he has decided to remain with the Black Tulip Mission. The movie is bookended by stylized scenes shot by thermal camera, one of the killing of a captured sniper (later exhumed in the movie) and the other of Sergiy and Katya hugging at the conclusion of the film.

Accolades[]

Award Date of ceremony Category Recipient(s) Result
Cork International Film Festival 2019 Spirit of the Festival Award Director Valentyn Vasyanovych Nominated
Denver International Film Festival 2020 Krzystof Kieslowski Award Won
76th Venice International Film Festival 28 Aug - 7 Sept 2019 Horizon Award for Best Film Won

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Atlantis". TIFF.
  2. ^ "Review: Atlantis". Cineuropa - the best of european cinema.
  3. ^ "New Brussels-based outfit BFF boards Valentyn Vasyanovych's 'Atlantis'". ScreenDaily. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  4. ^ "Toronto Adds The Aeronauts, Mosul, Seberg, & More To Festival Slate". Deadline. 13 August 2019. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  5. ^ Anderson, Ariston (7 September 2019). "Venice: Todd Phillips' 'Joker' Wins Golden Lion, Roman Polanski Wins Silver Lion". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  6. ^ "Film 'Atlantis' has more chances for Oscars than Ukrainian nominees of past years - head of Ukrainian Oscar Committee". Interfax Ukraine. 24 September 2020. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  7. ^ "Фільм про повернення Донбасу переміг на Венеційському кінофестивалі — ІА «Вчасно»". Фільм про повернення Донбасу переміг на Венеційському кінофестивалі. 8 September 2019.
  8. ^ "АНДРІЙ РИМАРУК: ФІЛЬМ "АТЛАНТИДА" - ЦІЛКОМ РЕАЛЬНЕ МАЙБУТНЄ ДОНБАСУ".
  9. ^ "Український фільм «Атлантида» переміг у другій за значимістю програмі Венеційського фестивалю". Український фільм «Атлантида» переміг у другій за значимістю програмі Венеційського фестивалю.
  10. ^ Francisco, Eric. "'Atlantis': Netflix release date, trailer, plot, reviews for Ukraine's buzzy sci-fi movie". Inverse. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  11. ^ Harvey, Dennis (16 September 2019). "Film Review: 'Atlantis'". Variety. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  12. ^ a b Kenny, Glenn (21 January 2021). "'Atlantis' Review: A Bleak Apocalypse Love Story". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  13. ^ Lattanzio, Ryan (22 January 2021). "'Atlantis' Review: An Electrifying Post-Apocalyptic Vision from the Cinematographer of 'The Tribe'". IndieWire. Retrieved 8 March 2021.

External links[]

Retrieved from ""