This film features deliberately slow, monotonous, camera movement and static shots within a deserted museum. The camera meticulously captures empty pedestals, plinths, and display cases, while a voiceover narrates the history of the artifacts that once filled these spaces, now looted by Russian forces just before Kherson’s liberation.
The voiceover, though descriptive, speaks in an intimate and future tense, detailing not only their shapes but also the past uses and discoveries of these objects, some are dated 7000 years ago, and speculating on their potential future display if ever recovered.
The backdrop of ongoing explosions and gunfire intensifies the film’s poignant commentary on the ravages of war and the preservation of culture, echoing the adage: "When cannons roar, the muses fall silent." I would give this film a solid recommendation of 31/2 stars