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Zelensky (2025)

Zelensky (2025)

Documentary
Release Date: 2025, May 13
Directors: Yves Jeuland, Lisa Vapné, Ariane Chemin
Countries: France
Production: ARTE, Particules Docs, Java Films, CNC, LCP - Assemblée nationale
Cast: Mathieu Amalric, Volodymyr Zelenskyy

Overview:

Ten years ago, Volodymyr Zelensky was just one of the many faces on Ukrainian television screens. He became a star thanks to the 2015 satirical series Servant of the People, in which he played a history teacher who becomes president. Four years later, what began as fiction became a reality. Follow the transformation of a popular TV comedian into a statesman on the frontlines of the Russian invasion. Archival footage, family photos, television appearances, and interviews with Zelensky and those closest to him create a multi-layered portrait of a man who always longed for a large audience. At the same time, the film places his personal development in the broader context of post-Soviet Ukraine, which is also searching for its own identity.

Keywords:

russia memories artist creation ukraine humor portrait television man russo-ukrainian conflict