Set in 2025, Ukraine’s post-apocalyptic International Feature Film Oscar entry Atlantis imagines life — and death — in the country one year after the ongoing war with Russia has ended.
Sergiy (Andriy Rymaruk) and his friend Ivan (Vasyl Antoniak) both suffer from PTSD, and lead joyless lives shooting at targets and working in a steel factory.
When the factory is closed down by its British owner, Sergiy ends up driving a water truck around the barren landscape. Others bring a moment of relief.
At one point, Sergiy gathers wood and makes a fire under an abandoned digger. Filling it with water from his truck hose, he strips off for a hot tub in the wilderness.
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