{"id":41217,"date":"2026-08-12T16:54:56","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T11:54:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=41217"},"modified":"2026-08-12T16:54:56","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T11:54:56","slug":"demons-film-trailer-explores-russia-ukraine-via-borscht-blood-graves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=41217","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Demons&#8217; Film Trailer Explores Russia-Ukraine via Borscht, Blood, Graves"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tA homeless drifter from Russia with a mysterious past arrives in a remote village in central <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/ukraine\/\" id=\"auto-tag_ukraine_1\" data-tag=\"ukraine\">Ukraine<\/a> in writer-director Natalka Vorozhbyt\u2019s (<em>Bad Roads<\/em>) metaphorical film <em>Demons<\/em>, which world-premieres at the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-news\/locarno-2026-films-pardi-di-domani-open-doors-screenings-1236634144\/\">79<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0edition<\/a>\u00a0of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-news\/2026-locarno-film-festival-program-unveiled-hong-sang-soo-1236641562\/\">Locarno Film Festival<\/a> on Friday, Aug. 13.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe drifter\u2019s name is Slavik, and he seems to be the embodiment of Russia. In the village, he meets Nina, who represents post-Soviet Ukraine and the country\u2019s independence. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tWhat kind of adventure and drama can the protagonists and viewers expect? \u201cNina, a strong and independent woman much older than Slavik, takes the stranger into her home,\u201d teases a synopsis. \u201cAt first, their strange companionship resembles an unlikely love story. But as their relationship unfolds, love turns into betrayal, and the village begins to reveal its hidden rules.\u201d Those rules are summarized this way: \u201cA place where witches may live next door, and the dead sometimes speak with the living.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tVorozhbyt says that <em>Demons<\/em> and the relationship at its core unfolds on several levels. One is socio-political, where the relationship \u201cbecomes a metaphor for the relationship between Russia and Ukraine,\u201d she explains. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe cast includes Ruslana Pysanka, Aleksey Mitin, Tatiana Stepanova, Ruslan Garmash and Mykola Ponomarenko. <em>Demons<\/em> features cinematography by Volodymyr Ivanov, with editing by Milenia Fiedler and Andriy Gulyanych. Celluloid Dreams is handling <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/international\/\" id=\"auto-tag_international_1\" data-tag=\"international\">international<\/a> sales.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<em>THR<\/em> can now exclusively premiere the trailer for <em>Demons<\/em>. 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