The Earth Is Blue as an Orange

The Earth Is Blue as an Orange

How much power can art have in wartime?

Directed by Iryna Tsilyk

Produced by Moonmakers, Albatros Communicos

202074 min7.1 / 10

A tender documentary about a Ukrainian family transforming wartime trauma into art, exploring how creativity sustains humanity amid conflict.

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.

Questions people ask

  • Does The Earth Is Blue as an Orange end with hope? Yes. More hopeful than 81% of films.

  • Is The Earth Is Blue as an Orange easy watching? Yes. More comforting than 77% of films.

  • Is The Earth Is Blue as an Orange sad? Yes. More sad than 75% of films.

  • Is The Earth Is Blue as an Orange scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 65% of films.

  • Is The Earth Is Blue as an Orange violent? Not especially. Less violent than 64% of films.

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48/ 100

Cinnamon Score

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Familiar shape, done well.

Rarity76

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Surprise13

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Love72

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