# Call Sign "Banderas" (2018)

> A Ukrainian captain returns to his alienated home village to hunt a Russian operative amid the sabotage and fractured loyalties of the Donbas war.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/365401

## Facts

- Runtime: 113 min
- Genres: War, Drama, Thriller
- Director: Zaza Buadze
- Cast: Oleh Shulha, Yuliia Chepurko, Serhii Lefor, Oleh Voloshchenko, Mykhailo Ozerov, Anton Andriushchenko, Volodymyr Romanko, Oleh Oneshchak
- TMDB rating: 6.4/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9177988/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: brutal
- Mood: paranoid, foreboding, serious, war film marathon, historical drama night

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