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Luka

Year of production
2023
Duration
94 min.
Genres
Fiction

Synopsis

Luka is a young and ambitious sniper who asks to be assigned to Fort Kairos, an isolated enclave where a contingent of soldiers is waiting for the attack of a practically mythical enemy that no one has seen for ages. When he arrives, he discovers that paranoia prevails there, as well as a despotic law that won't hesitate to crush soldiers like him. Luka is a free and modernized adaptation of Dino Buzzati's novel The Tartar Steppe, praised by Jorge Luis Borges and previously adapted to film by Valerio Zurlini.

Director

Jessica Woodworth

Jessica Woodworth

A Belgian-American director, screenwriter and producer, she has co-directed films such as Altiplano (2009), The Fifth Season (2012) or King of the Belgians (2016). Luka is her first solo film.

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Technical sheet

Luka
Section
Noves Visions
Belgium, Italy, Netherlands, Bulgaria, Armenia. 2023
94 min


Director
Jessica Woodworth

Writer
Jessica Woodworth 

Cinematography
Virginie Surdej 

Editor
David Verdurme 

With
Jonas Smulders, Geraldine Chaplin, Samvel Tadevossian 
Production countries
Belgium
Italy
Netherlands (the)
Bulgaria
Armenia
Languages
English

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