Comedy of War: Laughter in Ukraine | movie | 2023 | Official Trailer - video Dailymotion

A unique view of war through the lens of comedy. Comedians perform to maintain a sense of normalcy, optimism and defianc | dG1fRFlqWl9pcGNQVTg

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00:00On February 23rd, I'm just writing jokes at night in my flat and I get up at five because

00:18my friend called me and said there is a war.

00:21I woke up because of explosions, but I thought it was just a dream.

00:36If you laugh about it, it's not so scary anymore.

00:42My name is Anton Timoshenko. I'm a sub-comedian from Kyiv, Ukraine, and I'm trying not to die and defeat Russia.

00:52For now, it's very hard to make any tours to the east of Ukraine, especially to Kharkiv.

01:00We will go to Kharkiv to make a show in a shelter.

01:04So, we are going to…

01:06Invade Russia.

01:07Invade Russia, yes. This is the first step of our stand-up tour.

01:09Go to Belorod or Voronezh and destroy it.

01:22From Chernihiv to Kharkiv, it's nine hours.

01:25Yeah.

01:26But in this car, maybe two weeks.

01:31You know, this gas station is not working.

01:33We will go to Belorod or Voronezh and destroy it.

01:48Laughter has the nearest healing power, immense healing power.

01:52I don't think we could do without it.

02:04We laugh in shelter, we laugh under shelling.

02:09We laugh, which means I'm not afraid.