The film "Crimea", or Back to the Future of Ukraine
No, I did not wait for this particular film to be released. But I waited for a very long time when such a film as “Crimea” would be released in Russia. And waited.
Only a few days have passed since the film “Crimea” came out in Russia, and viewers who were not indifferent to this event have already managed to split into two camps that do not understand each other. Some did not accept Alexei Pimanov’s new film, calling it a lie and a waste of 400 million rubles from the Russian budget, while the latter viewed it in one breath.
The author belongs to the second category of viewers.
Just want to say to opponents, “Crimea” is not a documentary film. This is a movie with meaning. And this sense lies in the future. And therefore I understand you, but I do not accept your opinion. It's time to stop looking into the past, it's time to turn into the future. You understand: the film is not about how everything was in reality. This task was not set before the director. This is a movie about what is happening in Ukraine today and about how we all can find a way out of the situation we all ended up in thanks to the Maidan initiated by Washington.
Yes, precisely we and precisely all. As present-day Kiev, declaring at every corner that it does not need Russia, can never do without it, so Russia, to many citizens of which the current efforts of its leadership in Ukraine seem incomprehensible, will never forget about it. We are all doomed to live side by side and together, which means we need to look for ways to get to this.
This is exactly what the main characters of the movie are doing for an hour and a half.
And in order to start looking for this path, we must first understand that we are all the same: maydanutye, antimaydanutye and all those who did not fit into this family showdown. Yes, we have different “garbage” in our brains, but we are still the same. It is this thought that is one of the key points in the plot of the film, and it is precisely she who does not like those who did not accept the film.
Moreover, those who left Ukraine and a large part of the Russian “patriotic” community, who were accustomed to seeing non-populations or nonhumans as their opponents, didn’t accept him. Unfortunately, not only they are to blame for this, but also many journalists and “activists” who formed this image over the past three years. And they are not ready to accept this, and chose to accuse Pimanov of “Proander’s”.
That this is wrong and that it all pours water on the mill of our enemies, the author tries to explain all more than three years of this madness. And that is why he is very happy with the release of such a film as “Crimea”. This is a balm for the soul. This is a strong ally in the information war that our enemies are waging against us.
Actually, this is the main value of the "Crimea". Tens of millions of viewers will see him, and it is precisely the ideas embodied in him that will prevail in society. And this is very important today. We all (again “we all”) will soon have to return (in a political sense, and to whom, and physically) to Ukraine. What will we bring to its inhabitants? Hatred and secret malice? Then you should not go back. Or maybe we will bring them the thoughts that Alexey Pimanov put into his creation? Then it makes sense.
Yes, the film "Crimea" about all of us. It is about people who are artificially trying to share, but who still draws to each other. And so there are no ghouls, Bandera, or elves who are fighting with them. The main characters of the film, Alena and Alexander, are like Russia and Ukraine. True, you can see in them the attitude of two different Ukraine, which are now clashed in the Donbas. The essence of the film does not change. Their relationship is complex and simple at the same time. Very strong, I saw the ending of the film, where Alexander is in a war, which is actually against Alena and her entourage, and his beloved is still very worried about him and asks him to take care of himself, because he is dear to her.
Actually, it is from here and the main "slogan" of the film: "With your loved ones - do not part." And it has a deep and multi-level meaning.
The fate of the main characters remains unknown, as we still do not know the fate of our homeland. When captions start to go unwittingly catch yourself thinking that the main characters (Ukraine and Russia, or two Ukraine) are doomed to live together, no matter what. And this is the second most important message of the film.
By the way, filmed for Russian budget money and clearly commissioned from the very top !!!
It makes no sense to watch it for those who want to see how everything was in the Crimea in 2014 year. But the one who thinks about the future of Ukraine, that film can and should be watched.
PS I will be very happy if someone from the readers reports, and what else did he see in this film. Maybe I looked at something.
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