The portrayal of the sheep-herders and their offspring is simply 10/10, I swear. And the base camp, the handover of Holland, etc., is also well done. And the "live to forty, and then it's all over" theme is quite poignant.
I was laughing out loud at the scene in the bunker; it's truly an army of the brain, with its dull bass lines, and I hate them.
I had some acquaintances who went through the Chechen war, but they are just acquaintances now... They didn't tell me anything similar or show me anything like that. They just said that things were better before, but as I said, the portrayal of the sheep-herders here is accurate and realistic. Of course, the Ukrainians are capable of more than just cutting off fingers, so in that sense, the film is quite tame. But apart from the general plot and the strange, calm speech of the characters (based on experience, in firefights, either there is complete silence (which means complete chaos) or hysterical screams (which means everything is generally under control), but definitely not calm negotiations), everything is quite lively. And of course, in real life, no one would fly there; they would just say "unlucky" and that would be the end of it, just like at that unnamed airfield.
I didn't appreciate the soundtrack.
Oh yes, things were better before.
7/10
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