"It is equally incredible France manages to adopt an advanced deepfake technology to replace the faces of those Chechen escapees, activists and their family members with those of volunteers', in order to keep their identity confidential but also retain the film's emotional weight as on the screen there are real people showing true feelings albeit with a different visage. This revolutionary invention is a giant step in terms of finding a fine balance between truth and privacy, no more hidden in the darkness or covering their faces, subjects and interviewees can express more freely and openly (although it does attribute a feeling of uncanniness in close inspection). When Lapunov is seen in public making his statement, his face is changed back to his own, it prompts an subtle but galvanizing jolt in audience who has been familiar with his fake face hitherto, which can be well metaphorically construed that we are jolted by his act of intrepidity, by the power of truthfulness that is the unalienable guideline no. 1 in this métier."
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read my full review on my blog: Cinema Omnivore, thanks.