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Summary Under roaring fighter jets and missile strikes, Ukrainian artists Slava, Anya, and Andrey choose to stay behind and fight, contending with the soldiers they have become. Defiantly finding beauty amid destruction, they show that although it’s easy to make people afraid, it’s hard to destroy their passion for living.
Written By: Slava Leontyev
- 1 h 27 m
- 1 h 27 m
Porcelain War
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Summary Under roaring fighter jets and missile strikes, Ukrainian artists Slava, Anya, and Andrey choose to stay behind and fight, contending with the soldiers they have become. Defiantly finding beauty amid destruction, they show that although it’s easy to make people afraid, it’s hard to destroy their passion for living.
Written By: Slava Leontyev
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 9 Critic Reviews
72
78% Positive
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
22% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
0% Negative
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A combination of whimsy and devastation.
Porcelain War is an engaging, timely look at art, war, homeland pride, and the resilience of the human spirit. While it is not subtle, it is impactful and never dull.
That Porcelain War emerges as a taut, effective war documentary that also features compelling animated sequences within the beautiful artwork of its lead subjects makes it a stand-out piece of filmmaking. Its existence proves its own point: even in war, there must be life. Art sustains us and helps us survive.
Cinematic essays take many forms: few are as fragile and contemplative as Porcelain War.
Porcelain War‘s questions around how we cope, and what’s worth fighting for, are as vital as ever with the world still full of ignored pandemics, government-sponsored genocide and ongoing invasions.
There’s a great deal of beauty in Porcelain War and there’s a potent artistry behind it, but I’ve never watched a documentary with so many running visual metaphors and so little faith that the audience will be able to grasp them. It’s a bit stunning and a bit insulting all at once.
The directors never quite find the right symmetry between scenes of life and art with those that uncritically glorify violence.
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Production Company
FINCH NO WORRIES,
Imaginary Lane
Duration 1 h 27 m
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Website
https://www.porcelainwar.com/
Awards
Boulder International Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Sundance Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination