ATLANTIS

A film by Valentyn Vasyanovych
2020, 106 minutes
No. 288
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ATLANTIS
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Description
A prize-winner at the Venice Film Festival and Ukraine’s official submission for the 93rd Academy Awards, Atlantis is a gorgeous and visionary sci-fi drama.

In 2025, Eastern Ukraine is a desert unsuitable for human habitation, water a dear commodity brought by trucks. A wall is being built on the border. Sergiy, a former soldier having trouble adapting to his new reality, meets Katya while she’s on a humanitarian mission dedicated to exhuming the past. Together, they try to return to some sort of normal life in which they are also allowed to fall in love again.


Festivals
Official Selection, International Film Festival Rotterdam
Official Selection, New Directors / New Films

Reviews
“Critic’s Pick! Vasyanovych’s style is informed by both Kubrick and early Jim Jarmusch.” - Glenn Kenny, The New York Times

“Atlantis is stunning to watch. Sensitively observed and meticulously crafted. A remarkable piece of filmmaking from an exciting emerging Eastern European voice." - Nikki Baughan, Screen

“Dark yet humanly luminous.” - Deborah Young, The Hollywood Reporter

"A strong piece of poetically pure art-house cinema that offers a ray of hope for humanity’s future." - Dennis Harvey, Variety


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