Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom
Seen it?2015 | 98 min | Documentary
Friday Night FlickWhy it’s a Friday Night Flick
Critics loved it (89% on Rotten Tomatoes) and audiences rate it highly (74% audience score). Make plans for this one.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Right up the alley of spy-story fans and politics junkies. Nobody is quite who they seem. A good follow-up to Navalny. Power and ambition drive every scene.
- The mood
- Eye-opening.
- The pace
- Well paced for a documentary, at 1 hr 38 min.
- What might put you off
- Rated R: meant for adults.
- Skip it if you want made-up drama tonight.
Over 93 days in Ukraine, what started as peaceful student demonstrations became a violent revolution and full-fledged civil rights movement.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsVery strong
89% on Rotten Tomatoes, 79 on Metacritic
- AudiencesStrong
Our audience score: 74%
- AwardsBelow par
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
- Reach & staying powerWeak
Streaming release that reached a modest audience; interest faded quickly after launch
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 13K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Evgeny Afineevsky
- Cissy JonesSelf - Narrator (voice)
- Bishop AgapitSelf
- Catherine AshtonSelf
- Serhii AverchenkoSelf
- Kristina BerdinskikhSelf
- Pavlo DobryanskyySelf
- Valery DovgiySelf
- Bogdan DubasSelf
- Kurganskyi EduardSelf
- Mykhailo HavryliukSelf