Try to escape the close-ups of this movie!!!

Rating: 10/10 (4 May 2020)

It is impossible to escape the close-ups in this work by Elem Klimov, who prints his stories on the faces of the characters.
As the plot unfolds, smiles that were once so common are almost entirely suppressed from the faces, leaving for this gesture a new meaning that differs from joy. The looks now show the horror, instead of curiosity. The scars start to get more and more recurrent.
The experience of watching this film and the protagonist's journey are proportionate challenges, as we are as affected by the image and sound of this Soviet classic as Florya who inhabits this terrible reality that is translated to us from what his eyes and his mind see - that remains evident when we observe the surreal tone of the film. The camera movements are almost always subjective and reinforce the documentary aesthetics of the film. The sound is deafening.
The bombs fall with roars so powerful that they may only have been seen before in "Apocalypse Now".