Butterfly Vision

Name: Butterfly Vision
Genre: Drama
Released: May 17, 2023
Duration: 107 min
Rating: 63
Cast: Daria Lorenci, Lyubomyr Valivots, Maksym Nakonechnyi, Miroslav Gai, Myroslava Vytrykhovska-Makar

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MUBI | Release Date (Streaming): May 17, 2023 | Not Rated

Starring: Daria Lorenci, Lyubomyr Valivots, Maksym Nakonechnyi, Miroslav Gai, Myroslava Vytrykhovska-Makar, Natalya Vorozhbit, Rita Burkovska, Sergiy Luzanovsky, Tasia Pugach, Yevheniya Nepytaliuk

Summary: Returning home from the front line after being held captive for two months, soldier Lilia discovers that she is pregnant after being raped by her warden. Will she manage to survive this trauma and save the child in a society that is not ready to accept either of them?

Director: Maksym Nakonechnyi

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 107 min

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Lee Marshall

May 18, 2023

Ukrainian director Maksym Nakonechnyi’s debut feature is a sensitive, nuanced meditation on war and its effects on the psyche of individuals and nations. Read full review

The Playlist Jack King

May 18, 2023

Central to the success of Butterfly Vision, however, is Burkovska: she embodies Lilia with silent rage, her poise broken in fleeting moments, the steely facade dropped for mere seconds at a time. Read full review

Nicholas Barber

May 18, 2023

If Nakonechnyi’s low-key film had come out a year ago, it would have been received as a respectable, serious work from a promising first-time director. In the context of mid-2022, it is heart-rending, yet not quite intense enough. Read full review

Natalia Winkelman

May 18, 2023

The film might aim to deliver an aesthetic and emotional jolt, but it is the mundane, interpersonal moments that linger. Read full review

Jessica Kiang

May 18, 2023

It would be unfortunate if this contextual thicket were to obscure the merits of Butterfly Vision, which, while certainly not reinventing the war-is-hell wheel, is interesting to analyse in formal terms, especially in its sometimes effective, sometimes glib use of modern tech. Read full review

The Guardian Cath Clarke

May 18, 2023

Though she might have turned the dial up, Burkovska conveys Lilya’s depression and anxiety, and finally her resilience, with a muted, powerful performance. This might be one to file away for the future, when the current conflict has ended. Read full review

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bertobellamy

May 23, 2023

'Butterfly Vision' takes a neutral position to portray the Ukranian conflict. Showing the hateful acts committed in the name of the homeland, Maksym Nakonechnyi points out the deep social cracks that have arisen from extremism. His story gains strength with Rita Burkovska's withdrawn but'Butterfly Vision' takes a neutral position to portray the Ukranian conflict. Showing the hateful acts committed in the name of the homeland, Maksym Nakonechnyi points out the deep social cracks that have arisen from extremism. His story gains strength with Rita Burkovska's withdrawn but effective performance as Lilia, a drone operator captured by separatists; her gestures and few phrases allow us to feel the wounds of war. Her predicament is further complicated by another terrible consequence of armed conflicts when women are involved, propelling the plot toward a bleak ending. The film uses various visual devices to provide context; YouTube videos or videos recorded with phones allow us to take a first-person point of view, alluding to how wars are lived today. While the plot feels sparse at times, 'Butterfly Vision' presents a broader picture of what's happening in Ukraine through a story steeped in trauma and disappointment.… Expand

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