In Limbo
Ukraine, February 2022. Russia has just invaded Ukraine. Disabled after a leg surgery, Alina is alone with her cat, in a small city near Kyiv. The bridges are destroyed. Alina manages to find the only road still operational and escapes with her cat to join her parents, caught by the war in their cottage in the nearby village.
Amid the noise of the bombs, the three do their best to get on with life: keeping warm, feeding themselves and rescuing abandoned animals. She films their daily lives, in which the tension of their enclosed world and uncertain future seems to grip them all.
The limited scale of Maksimenko’s film has the reserve effect of greatly increase our understanding, both intellectual and visceral, of war’s impact on individuals. Because she films her family, with what it implies in terms of honesty and emotion. A raw and haunting testimony.
CC: This screening in cinema and online will include Closed Captions.