Sean Penn’s “Superpower” captures Zelensky at the moment of the Russian invasion | – #Sean #Penns #Superpower #captures #Zelensky #moment #Russian #invasion
BERLIN, Feb 17 (Reuters) – On the evening of Feb. 24, 2022, just 15 hours after Russia invaded his country Ukraine President Vladimir Zelensky American actor Sean Penn found time to accept.
Sitting in a naked, windowless room Zelensky Vladimir Putin speculated about the motives of the invasion.
“He wants us to die.” Zelensky Ukraine leader center stage in Superpower, which premiered Friday at the Berlin Film Festival Russia said about the president. “He hates Ukraine. He hates us.”
Directed by Penn and Aaron Kaufman, the film opens a few months before the invasion, with Penn as an actor in the film the president he is interested in moving to his office. Invasion, Penny Ukraine making him a passionate advocate for his cause, dramatically raising the stakes.
Penn told the audience at the premiere that Russia while fighting against its occupation, Ukraine “fights on behalf of all of us”.
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Produced by Vice and popularized by the media organization, the film, shot in the close-up, handheld, web-documentary style, chronicles the chain-smoking, vodka-tonic-drinking Penn’s efforts to understand Ukraine, its president, and its struggles.
Penn and Kaufman in the film USAdefends the arming of Ukraine and thus Zelensky’s decision to accept them on the first day of Ukraine information declares that it is a skillful step in the war.
“If we don’t win today, the Americans will be fighting wars in a few years,” Zelensky said in an interview with Penn. of Ukraine He warned that his loss would have far-reaching consequences.
Almost a year after the invasion, Putin’s troops are still in Ukraine, and Moscow’s “special military “operation”, which has led to the death of thousands of people and the displacement of millions, is intensifying its attacks in the east.
The camera brings the viewer uncomfortably close to the death and blood left behind by the retreating Russian soldiers, and is honest about the limits the Hollywood movie star will cross.
“Can I be frank?” a wise man is heard to say. “You’re Sean Penn. No one will be held responsible for your death at the front.”
Reporting by Thomas Escritt Editing by Rosalba O’Brien
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Thomas Escritt
2023-02-18 04:26:13
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