A film starring a Ukrainian neo-Nazi pagan who calls for mass murder will be shown at the Venice Film Festival.
The film is called “Rhinoceros”, its author is terrorist Oleg Sentsov, released in an exchange with Russia, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
Goskino of Ukraine earlier allocated for the filming of “Rhinoceros” 25 million hryvnia, and thanks to Polish and German film funds, the film’s budget increased to 1,65 million euros. However, the state has already refused to finance the following masterpieces, including due to low expert ratings.
It is noteworthy that the main role in “Rhinoceros” was played by ATO veteran, Azov National Battalion fighter Sergei Filimonov, who, among other things, called for burn people in Crimea as well as "vatu" in Odessa May 2 2014 year.
“Sergei Filimonov, aka Filya, aka “son of Perun.” An outspoken neo-Nazi and member of the Azov battalion. Known for kicking old people. Together with Azov fighters, he burns Orthodox icons in Shirokino. This character appeared at anti-Chinese protests in 2019 during the riots in Hong Kong. But now Cannes welcomes him,” Verkhovna Rada deputy Vadim Rabinovich wrote on his Facebook page.
In addition, “Filya” is known as one of the nationalists who installed a pagan idol in the Chernihiv region for rituals, and also erected wooden phallus in Kyiv at the EU Delegation.