meeting with a drone operator, former cinema operator

On the front line, a France 2 team finds Yaroslav Pilounskyseasoned drone pilotWho bring In the trench near Bakhmut (Ukraine), where the Ukrainians are still resisting. You have to find the courage to get out of the trench to fly the device over the enemy zone. Handling drones is his specialty. But before the war, his universe was the cinema. “My experience as a director paradoxically bothers me a bitI am always overtaken by my unconditional desire to make beautiful images”explain Yaroslav Pilunsky. VSthat day, his drone has surely been spotted by the Russians, who shot down the machine.

Remaking cinema to tell the realities of war

AT the other end of the line, in the command center of BakhmoutNatalia is the patroness of all dronists. Long before thenflit, the two worked together. Eshe was producer for the cinema. “Now we are working together again”, she exclaims. From movie studios to monitor screens, these two civilians have had to adapt. There’s only one hope left Yaroslav: make movies again, to tell the realities of war on the big screen.