‘A Simple Soldier’ Review: A Startling and Personal Ground’s-Eye-View of the War in Ukraine

We’re watching a cinematographer turned soldier turned filmmaker who is really a citizen recording a life that has been subsumed in the totality of war. Near the end, at the wheel of his car, he lets out a scream. It’s like hearing the inner anguish of Ukraine, a nation that’s been torn out of the very life it’s fighting for.