Sean Penn plays an ambulance driver at the end of his career in Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire's Black Flies. The 63-year-old actor is also working on a documentary about the war in Ukraine.

Penn: I first met Volodymyr Zelensky on February 23, 2022, the day before Russia invaded his country. Overnight, this man became a head of state at war, Putin's main target and I had never seen such courage in anyone.