Name: Atlantis
Genre: Drama
Released: 2019-08-09T05:32:24-07:00
Rating: 97

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Movie Info

A prize-winner at the Venice Film Festival and Ukraine's official selection for the 2021 Academy Awards, Atlantis is a gorgeous and visionary sci-fi drama. Eastern Ukraine, 2025. A desert unsuitable for human habitation. Water is a dear commodity brought by trucks. A Wall is being build-up on the border. Sergiy, a former soldier, is having trouble adapting to his new reality. He meets Katya while on the Black Tulip mission dedicated to exhuming the past. Together, they try to return to some sort of normal life in which they are also allowed to fall in love again.

Genre:

drama
Original Language:

English
Director:

Valentyn Vasyanovych
Writer:

Valentyn Vasyanovych
Release Date (Theaters):

Jan 22, 2021 limited

Cast & Crew

Andriy Rymaruk

Liudmyla Bileka

Vasyl Antoniak

Valentyn Vasyanovych
Director

Valentyn Vasyanovych
Screenwriter

Critic Reviews for Atlantis

All Critics (29) | Top Critics (12) | Fresh (28) | Rotten (1)

Tonally, there are shades of Werner Herzog. But Vasyanovych's tone is distinct; not to mention timely. The crisis he depicts can be as dull as it is dramatic, making Atlantis an eerily topical watch.

February 9, 2021 | Full Review…

Anna Smith
Deadline Hollywood Daily
Atlantis isn't an easy film to watch, and it's not meant to be. It's an anti-war film without solutions, but what it clear is that Vasyanovych believes in humanity rebuilding from tragedy.

February 6, 2021 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…

Jenny Nulf
Austin Chronicle
It is viscerally bleak and very slow. I can't say that I enjoyed it, but I really admire the artistry behind it and I admire the intent.

January 30, 2021 | Full Review…

Christy Lemire
FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
What eventually emerges is a devastating look at this country that has won a war, but lost so much of what they were fighting for.

January 30, 2021 | Full Review…

Angie Han
FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
An extremely well-made film that contains some truly extraordinary imagery.

January 29, 2021 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…

Peter Sobczynski
RogerEbert.com
What exists in this visualized afterward may not look like anything, but that's why we're fortunate to have artists like Vasyanovych to show us what's dazzling, strange, tragic, comic, touching and eventually optimistic about the way forward.

January 23, 2021 | Full Review…

Robert Abele
Los Angeles Times
This is male cinema, in capital letters-but as written, directed, photographed, and edited by Valentyn Vasyanovych, it's also real cinema, made by an artist who has thought about why and how he's showing whatever you see.

February 27, 2021 | Full Review…

Stuart Klawans
The Nation
For viewers willing to submit themselves to its somber, unhurried style, Vasyanovych's feature reveals a cruel, formidable vision.

February 18, 2021 | Rating: B+ | Full Review…

Andrew Wyatt
The Lens
The opening and closing scenes provide arresting, profound infrared imagery. Between these bookends, events unfold in lengthy takes through long and extreme long shots, inviting viewers' patience and careful observation.

February 17, 2021 | Full Review…

Diane Carson
KDHX (St. Louis)
An artillery shell of an antiwar movie and a vibrant cautionary tale about the military-industrial complex born anew.

February 8, 2021 | Rating: 8/10 | Full Review…

Ron Wilkinson
It's Just Movies
It's a terse historical film that's both gripping and terrifying.

February 8, 2021 | Rating: A- | Full Review…

Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Dazzling and chilling, Vasyanovych's film follows the consequences of war to their cold, bitter ends.

February 5, 2021 | Full Review…

Asher Luberto
L.A. Weekly