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Artem, 18, is barely out of adolescence, but he’s decided to combat for his homeland of Ukraine – and ready to die for the trigger if obligatory. Anatoliy, 88, his foster-grandfather, regrets Artem’s alternative, even when he might need understood it as soon as. Anatoliy fought the Nazis within the Second World Battle and suffered heavy losses – as certainly has Artem, whose father died extra not too long ago in Afghanistan. Framed across the veteran’s handheld camcorder footage of the younger recruit’s ultimate days at house, The Final Tape is a strong have a look at struggle throughout the generational divide, by the administrators Igor Kosenko and Cyprien Clément-Delmas. Shot in 2016, years earlier than Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the movie additionally subtly displays on the cyclical nature of struggle, and of human nature.
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