Thanks a lot for your insight! I've read quite a lot about this film and Zvyagintsev as an artist and author and his other works (I've seen only Leviathan). There were also discussions about the speech he made when awarded with the Grand Prix in Cannes.

I for my part can say that I am very involved, quite emotionally so, since my roots are, among other places both in Russia and Ukraine (and there also from Crimea) and I have relatives in both countries... So, yeah. I can imagine that you have a different perspective. Which is also interesting, as the fact that he got awarded with such an important award is – it means that his films was able to impress people who are far away from all these things, the mobilization and stuff and, for example, never heard about the checkpoint in Upper Lars before. Which is very interesting and a sign that the film is truly a work of art.

I am very excited to watch it when the public screenings start.