Entitled Superheroes, the 90-minute film “depicts the extraordinary fortunes of people grappling with the daily cruelty of the war in Ukraine,” producers said.
"Viewers get to know the stories of refugees trying to flee a country under attack, and their neighbours, Poles, who heroically come to their aid,” according to the producers.
The camera follows a varied cast of Ukrainians and Poles as they share Christmas meals, cram together to share a flat and travel wherever assistance is needed, including railway stations, the Polish border village of Medyka, the French seaport of Dunkirk, and war-ravaged Ukrainian towns and cities, such as Irpin, Bucha and Odesa.
Full of empathy, honesty and determination, the film, directed by Szymon Gonera, chronicles the extraordinary aid effort mounted by the Polish public, such as saving a baby’s life, transporting animals from the Kyiv zoo to safety, bringing 100 Ukrainian families to France’s Saint-Omer castle, or collecting PLN 200,000 (EUR 42,000) at a special auction for humanitarian aid.
The scale of the assistance extended by Polish people to their neighbours from Ukraine has surprised everyone, its financial aspect totalling billions of zlotys, the producers of Superheroes said.
“We are living at a time when a dictator is murdering innocent men, women and children and the question is: what are we going to do about it?” they added.
Co-produced by Anita Dąbrowska and Canal+, and co-financed by the Polish Film Institute (PISF), Superheroes premieres at Warsaw’s Atlantic cinema at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, November 16.
Ten days later, the film will hit movie theatres nationwide, according to organisers.
PLN 1 (EUR 0.21) from every ticket purchased will go towards helping Ukraine. Click here for details.
Tuesday is day 265 of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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Source: ewakrol.pl
