Intercepted

Intercepted

Oksana Karpovych / 2024 / 93 min. / Canada, France, Ukraine

Ukrainian intelligence services have intercepted thousands of phone calls Russian soldiers made from the battlefield in Ukraine to their families and friends in Russia, painting a stark picture of the cruelty of war in a dizzying emotional tension. Juxtaposed with images of the destruction caused by the invasion and the day-to-day life of the Ukrainian people who resist and rebuild, the voices of the Russian soldiers—ranging from being filled with heroic illusions to complete disappointment and loss of reason, from looting to committing more horrible war crimes, from propaganda to doubt and disillusionment—expose the whole scope of the dehumanizing power of war and imperialist nature of the Russian aggression.

  • Director

    Oksana Karpovych

  • CRITIC’S PICK. “Powerful… A haunting, often jolting depiction of the profound toll that the war has exerted on soldiers and civilians alike."

    — Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
  • “Essential... In little more than an hour and a half [INTERCEPTED] provides an education into the experience of the continuing atrocity with which only the most detailed journalistic accounts can compete.”

    — Kyle Smith, The Wall Street Journal
  • "A work of chilling stillness... [INTERCEPTED] points its microphone unflinchingly at the darkest parts of the human soul, while forcing the viewer to hold the camera and search for the brutality within its images and empty spaces." Grade: A

    — Siddhant Adlakha, IndieWire
  • "A damning piece of documentary filmmaking... INTERCEPTED is an honest depiction of how empathy disappears and malice takes over."

    — Murtada Elfadl, Variety
  • "INTERCEPTED casts a spell through its minimalist construction."

    — Tim Grierson, Screen Daily
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