TABOR Collective’s spellbinding Cannes Directors’ Fortnight entry MILITANTROPOS chronicles the Ukraine war from the viewpoints of soldiers, evacuees, and those who are left behind. The filmmakers of the observational documentary do a commendable job of capturing the lives of their subjects without any noticeable interference.
It is a solemn look at the devastation and people’s yearning for it all to end so that they can get together with their loved ones again. It also contrasts the horrors of war with the unfaded beauty of nature.
War documentaries are calls to correct the mistakes of the past and warnings to avoid them in the future. Militantropos serves its purpose effectively.
