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Our review of Bernard-Henri Lévy's film on Arte: Why Ukraine

2022-06-28T12:14:13.139Z


CRITICISM – The philosopher signs a striking documentary film in the heart of the country attacked by Vladimir Putin's Russia since February 24. Not to be missed, this Tuesday, June 28 at 10:25 p.m. on Arte and on arte.tv


All people of my generation understand that we are in Europe, not just geographically but in spirit

.

The man who appears on screen in

Why Ukraine

, Bernard-Henri Lévy's new film, is Volodymyr Zelensky

.

The scene takes place in a restaurant in kyiv in 2019, shortly before the election to the presidency of the country of the one who will assert himself as the hero of the Ukrainian resistance.

Facing him, the French philosopher and filmmaker asks him about Putin,

"the other Vladimir"

, with the key to this striking response from Zelensky:

"Great men seek peace, the weak lead to war."

Horror must be faced

It was precisely at the heart of the war, following the Russian invasion of February 24, that BHL surrendered.

Over the course of his striking long-term report completed on June 10, the resistance of an entire people appears.

A resistance put into perspective thanks to images shot during the writer's previous trips.

Especially during the Maidan revolution in 2014…

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Source: lefigaro

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