Present at the Cannes Film Festival while the war is raging in his country, the Ukrainian director of
Donbass
(2018),
A gentle woman
(2017) or
In the mist
(2013) could feel a little out of step with the tragedy he has been through. by his compatriots for three months.
It's just the opposite.
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His new film,
The Natural History of Destruction
, a documentary about the Allied bombing of German cities at the end of World War II, resonates strikingly with the conflict in Ukraine.
It is also and above all a punchy film from which you come out completely groggy.
A deluge of fire
Made from archive images, and without any commentary, this very immersive film plunges the viewer into the heart of Germany during the war years.
As a prelude, Loznitsa captures a few shots of a sky full of heavy clouds.
We then get to know three German cities, Lübeck, Cologne and Dresden, to the sound of clarinets and accordions.
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