Why didn't you ask the main heroine to speak Ukrainian, considering that this is a film about events in which Russia initiated a large-scale military invasion, supposedly with the liberation of Russian-speaking people?

⁠​⁠@@bohdanmakarenko2546Hi! As a filmmaker who tries to document life as is I don’t want to intervene with the actions and decisions of my protagonist. I am aware of the fact that many Ukrainians refuse to speak Russian these days, but Valeria grew up in Chernihiv, which is very close to the Russian border, speaking Russian as her first language. On top of that, her Ukrainian wasn‘t as fluent as her Russian (at least at the time of filming). As far as I Know she nowadays tries to use the Ukrainian language more. Overall, as a documentarian, I felt like the fact that she practically had to use the Russian language added even more tension and ambiguity to her story. I hope that answered your question! Best, Nicola

You kinda missed the point of the video. People are awful. Sure, part of the reason her videos attracted interest is because she fits beauty standards (which apparently still matter in war) and was a young person speaking to young people on a youth platform. She didn't really ask for all the attention, she was just doing what kids do and suddenly she has a platform and suddenly there's a lot of pressure to produce for the world to help the fight, for her parents to get them flicking fuel, and for herself because just because she's young, pretty, snd female doesn't mean she doesn't have anything important to say. At the same times she's really struggling. Family members have died. She's in a foreign country away from her parents and everything she's known. There's a war on. If she's able to return, what will she return to? She's uncomfortable with the attention but she's trying. The only sure thing is that she didn't ask for ANY of this.

You are attacking a kid creating something to cope with the war, she isn’t selling you hair growth gummy bears. Also, we can’t underestimate how important it is to be palatale to mass western audiences, with influencer on tik tok you can relate with soldiers that are on their 10th year of service probably not

@stanamilanovich3956 Don't be ridiculous. If she doesn't want all attention and fame she just closes her account and doesn't give interviews. But this is a 33m video about her. Or someone forces her to do this?

@@user-gf8wd3hx7r she wants her country free and this gives her a chance to help. And help her family. And herself. It's now a job. In the 33 min video, she declares herself deeply uncomfortable with being interviewed several times. Did you watch it?