When on February 24, when Russia began to invade Ukraine, many voices were quickly raised to denounce Vladimir Putin’s decision and try to help the Ukrainians. This is particularly the case of Mathieu Kassovitz. “We had friends there, assistants, technicians. I called them to find out where they were and I learned that they were in the subway, under the bombs. To the question “Is it really like we see on TV?”, they answered me: “It’s even worse!” Some went to Paris, others to Poland. Faced with this, if we have the opportunity to intervene in one way or another, we do it!“said the French actor and director. Shortly after, together with photographer JR, they traveled to Lviv in order to present a giant mural in support of the Ukrainian people.”The resistance, it is done by the little people. It is not the big NGOs that take in the refugees. Since we testified in the media, 20,000 people have gathered on a website and are self-managing by WhatsApp to centralize and route aid by region. It is a citizen movement.“, affirmed the director of the cult film The hatred.
Present at the Series Mania Festival in Lille, Mathieu Kassovitz once again spoke about the war in Ukraine. The actor had gone to this country today under the bombs on the occasion of the filming of seasons 4 and 5 of the Office of the legends, the series of Canal +. “We spent several months there and in Russia. The scenes supposed to represent Moscow were shot in kyiv. At the time, we were in the midst of the conflict in Donbass, between pro-Russian separatists and the Ukrainian government. I lived there for three months and talked a lot about politics. I could have told Putin that he wouldn’t make it! It is enough to talk with these people for a few hours to understand who they are, how they will behave, what is their history and their pride.”, he says.
Thibaud Cruz
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