With the keen eye of a seasoned documentarian, the filmmaker captures all the depression, anxiety, boredom, love, loathing, and insecurity of seemingly apathetic teens, her gaze never mocking or judging.
Stop-Zemlia(Стоп-Земля)
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Ukraine · 2022
1h 57m
Director Kateryna Gornostai
Starring Maria Fedorchenko, Arsenii Markov, Yana Isaienko, Oleksandr Ivanov
Genre Drama
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Hanging out with friends, smoking, spinning bottles, making mistakes, refusing to accept, dreaming with open eyes — life as a teenager can be overwhelmingly beautiful and difficult at the same time. As introverted teenager Masha tries to navigate her last year of school, she must confront startling questions of love and friendship.
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The press notes for Stop-Zemlia call Kateryna Gornostai’s coming-of-age story “radical, authentic, and sensitive.” The latter two descriptors are accurate. The movie’s power, however, comes not from any radicalism but from how authentically ordinary it feels.
Los Angeles Times by Katie Walsh
The sensually crafted Stop-Zemlia is a fine conduit to bring forth those visceral sense memories of teenage life
The Playlist by Kevin Jagernauth
Utilizing non-professional actors, and blurring the lines between documentary and fiction, Stop-Zemlia is a sympathetic portrait of the tidal forces of teenagehood. Yet, despite the film’s quiet sprawl and yearning ambition, Gornostai’s painstakingly observant eye never uncovers fresh insight into the thrumming heart of that transformative moment.
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