It’s a Date

It’s a Date

2023 · 6 min · ★ 7.6 · Drama

Kyiv in 2022. A car races at breakneck speed through the city at dawn. Filmed from a subjective camera angle in a single unedited shot, this remale of Claude Lelouch's "C'était un rendez-vous" captures the emotions in a state of emergency caused by the war.

Directed by Nadia Parfan

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