The Earth Is Blue as an Orange
“How much power can art have in wartime?”
2020 · 1 h 14 min
Directed by 
Iryna Tsilyk
Iryna TsilykCast
Ganna Gladka Myroslava Trofymchuk Anastasiia Trofymchuk Vladyslav Trofymchuk Stanislav Gladky Olena Gladka
Credits
Written by: Anna Kapustina Iryna Tsilyk
Produced by: Anna Kapustina
Plot
A mother and her four children living in a house at the front line of the war in Donbas, shelled at times, make films together to cope with the war, in a moving documentary of resilience and creativity.
Sinekatalog’s take
A moving and life-affirming documentary of art in wartime.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.2 / 10 (884 votes)
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