Maidan

"Maidan" signals Sergey Loznitsa's return to nonfiction, focusing on the anti-government rallies that took place in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev in 2013 and 2014, culminating with the ousting on then-president Viktor Yanukovych.

After narrative features "My Joy" and "In the Fog", former documentarist Sergey Loznitsa was instantly transformed into one of the most thoughtful and talented filmmakers in Russia.

"Maidan" signals his return to nonfiction, focusing on the anti-government rallies that took place in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev in 2013 and 2014, culminating with the ousting on then-president Viktor Yanukovych. Loznitsa documents the end of an era through the driving force of history, i.e. the people, using a shockingly direct and unconventionally epic approach.

Instead of filming people as individual entities, getting talking heads to analyze and explain what happened, he captures an out-of-control crowd, a sweeping chaos that' about to change the world as we know it.

He intercepts the crowd scenes with the daily grind of their revolutionary activities - even at its simplest manifestation, like meal preparations - taking documentary back to its purest and non-manipulative form and transforming historical documentary into a work of art. T.Th.

maidan / πλατεία μαϊντάν - trailer by NyxtesPremieras

Πρωτότυπος τίτλος / Original title
Maidan

Σκηνοθεσία / Director
Sergei Loznitsa

Σενάριο / Screenwriter
Sergei Loznitsa

Φωτογραφία / DoP
Sergei Loznitsa, Serhiy Stefan Stetsenko, Mykhailo Yelchev

Μοντάζ / Editors
Sergei Loznitsa, Danielius Kokanauskis

Ουκρανία, Ολλανδία / Ukraine, Netherlands
2014
Εγχρωμο / Color
DCP
131'
Ουκρανικά / Ukrainian

Publication date: 2014-09-10 12:30:00

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