The Earth Is Blue as an Orange
Seen it?2020 | 74 min | Documentary
Saturday Specialearly ratingWhy it’s a Saturday Special
Critics loved it (78 on Metacritic), despite a box office flop. A strong pick for the weekend.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for the curious.
- The mood
- Eye-opening.
- The pace
- Moves along nicely, at 1 hr 14 min.
- What might put you off
- It's in another language, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
Single mother Anna and her four children live in the front-line war zone of Donbas, Ukraine. While the outside world is made up of bombings and chaos, the family is managing to keep their home a safe haven, full of life and full of light. Every member of the family has a passion for cinema, motivating them to shoot a film inspired by their own life during a time of war. The creative process raises the question of what kind of power the magical world of cinema could have during times of disaster. How to picture war through fiction? For Anna and the children, transforming trauma into a work of art is the ultimate way to stay human.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsVery strong
78 on Metacritic
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsBelow par
2 wins and 0 nominations from smaller awards and festivals
- Reach & staying powerWeak
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 2K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Iryna Tsilyk
- Hanna HladkaHerself
- Stanislav HladkyiHimself
- Anastasiia TrofymchukHerself
- Myroslava TrofymchukHerself
- Vladyslav TrofymchukHimself