Turn in the Wound

Turn in the Wound
Directed by	Abel Ferrara
Produced by	Diana Phillips Philipp Kreuzer Maurizio Antonini Grear Patterson
Starring	Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Narrated by	Patti Smith
Cinematography	Sean Price Williams Emmanuel Gras Alessandro Abate
Edited by	Leonardo Daniel Bianchi
Music by	Patti Smith
Production companies	Rimsky Productions Maze Pictures Interlinea Film VENTANA Cinema
Release date	16 February 2024 (2024-02-16) (Berlinale)
Running time	77 minutes
Countries	United Kingdom Germany Italy United States
Languages	Ukrainian English

Turn in the Wound is a 2024 documentary film directed by Abel Ferrara. It is a film about performance, poetry, music and the experience of people at war, focusing on life in Kyiv since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

An international co-production among British, German, Italian and American production companies, the film was selected in the Berlinale Special at the 74th Berlin International Film Festival, where it had its world premiere on 16 February 2024. The film was also nominated for the Berlinale Documentary Film Award.

Content

Patti Smith, in 2022

This film explores how art, music and poetry express the feelings of people who are caught in war. It examines how they cope with the endless pain and violence that remind them of their history, and how they pursue their dreams of liberation from tyranny and war. The film features Patti Smith's voice, reading poems by Antonin Artaud, René Daumal and Arthur Rimbaud, along with the testimonies of fighters and civilians in Ukraine's war zones and the words of its President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Cast

• Volodymyr Zelenskyy
• Andriy Yermak
• Patti Smith

Release

Turn in the Wound premiered on 16 February 2024, as part of the 74th Berlin International Film Festival, in Berlinale Special.

Reception

Siddhant Adlakha writing in Variety said, "That Ferrara doesn’t shy away from capturing pitfalls suggests a larger and more overarching view of conflict — political and military; ethical and aesthetic — which Turn in the Wound attempts to fold into its purview." Adlakha continued, "It doesn’t always succeed, given the breadth of the topics at hand, but it does occasionally distill them into moments that prove either gut-churning or powerfully introspective."

Leslie Felperin reviewing the film for The Hollywood Reporter termed it as "A watchably odd entry in the Ukraine doc subgenre;" and opined, "I’m not sure what [Smith] and Ferrara have contributed with this film to the Ukrainian cause, but it’s watchable at least."

Accolades

Award	Date of ceremony	Category	Recipient	Result	Ref.
Berlin International Film Festival	25 February 2024	Berlinale Documentary Film Award	Turn in the Wound	Nominated

External links

• Turn in the Wound at IMDb
• Turn in the Wound at Rotten Tomatoes
• Turn in the Wound at Berlinale