Reflection

2021 [UKRAINIAN]

Drama / War

3
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 95% · 21 reviews
IMDb Rating 6.6/10 10 700 700

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Plot summary

The film centers on Ukrainian surgeon Serhiy, who is captured by the Russian military forces in the conflict zone in Eastern Ukraine, and while in captivity, he is exposed to horrifying scenes of humiliation, violence and indifference toward human life. After his release, he returns to his comfortable middle-class apartment and tries to find a purpose in life by rebuilding his relationship with his daughter and ex-wife. He learns how to be a human being again, how to be a father and help his daughter, who needs his love and support.

Top cast

Andrii Senchuk as Psychologist
Nika Myslytska as Polina
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1.09 GB
1280*420
Ukrainian 2.0
NR
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25 fps
2 hr 1 min
Seeds 2
2.24 GB
1920*630
Ukrainian 5.1
NR
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25 fps
2 hr 1 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by chwalker-christopher 7 / 10

Takes its time. Visually sophisticated.

I don't discount the other reviewers who felt the sequences are too slow. It didn't work, for them. But I liked it better. I think the reviewer who says the first half is about a kidnapping and the second half is uninteresting missed the point. The film seemed to be to be about the psychological effect of witnessing and enduring terrible things, and then slowly trying to come emotionally alive again.It worked, for me.There are a lot of shots where we as viewers are in an enclosed space with the main character, sometimes looking beyond him to a pane of glass that leads, mostly, to emptiness (or once, to violence). I thought it was effective. Others clearly didn't like it, but I did.
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Reviewed by Tchoutoye 4 / 10

All the world's a morgue, and all the men and women merely bodies

Valentyn Vasyanovytch's films about the conflict that broke out in Ukraine in 2014 are bleak. With his previous film Atlantis (2019) Vasyanovytch gained international acclaim by balancing the bleakness with scenes of great visual poetry. On account of that film's quality I had high expectations for Vidblysk (Reflection).

Sadly, that visual poetry is almost entirely lacking. All that remains is bleakness. Vasyanovytch is known for his long, static shots. Here such shots linger on torture scenes, which will make many viewers uncomfortable.

Morgues are a common feature in Vasyanovytch's films, but his cold, clinical style makes every indoor location resemble one, including living rooms, which are invariably drab gray.

The film's biggest flaw is that the protagonists are nearly always filmed with long shots, This, combined with a very superficial characterization, make it impossible for the viewer to engage with them emotionally. So no matter how bleak the film became, the result left me rather cold.

There are one or two scenes where an attempt is made to provide meaningful depth, but the film's overall lack of inspiration makes them fall flat.

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