One of Ukraine’s leading filmmakers talked about his “nightmare” of his emergency alliance between the authoritarian leaders in Russia and the United States, as he opened at the Cannes Film Festival in a new contemporary film with the Stalinist era.

Director Sergei Loznitsa said: "The events that have happened in the last 100 days really surprised many people in the world. "One person can't even imagine being in such a nightmare, which is an understanding between two authoritarian leaders. ”

Two prosecutors are based on the novella of the same name by scientist Georgy Demidov, who during his 14-year stay in various Russian Gulags, were released to his relatives only in the 1990s by the KGB.

The tragic film, when Stalin suffered horror, tells the story of young and idealistic prosecutor Alexander Kornyev (played by Russian actor Aleskandr Kuznetsov), who received an anonymous letter with an anonymous letter, uttering bloody writing about the cruel torture at the hands of a secret policeman. Kornyev was not avoided by the resistance movement of the prison director, trying to investigate and remind senior authorities of abuse of power - seemingly overlooking the risks of his doing so.

Loznitsa told Variety that Russia under Vladimir Putin was “running towards Stalinism, a country that violates international law, which is fighting wars with its neighbors.”

He continued that the United States was once seen as a champion of human rights that Kangyev believed: “The fortress of democracy not only declares the rule of law and the rule of human rights, but also fights for human rights.” But under Donald Trump, he fears that “the two countries will become equal” is only a matter of time.

Loznitsa is a Cannes regular Loznitsa, whose 2018 film Donbass won the UN DENBOR REW Award for Best Director, which has been working in Berlin for more than 20 years and is a controversial figure in his native Ukraine.

He resigned from the European Film Academy's "neutral, toothless" reaction to the Russian invasion in 2022, but was deported by the Ukrainian Film Academy due to his overall boycott of Russian artists and culture.

When asked at a press conference Thursday about his views on U.S. President Trump, his evasion of the Ukrainian government's acceptance of Moscow's demands for a peace deal, such as a recognition of Russia's control over Crimea.

“I don’t think we should think about what leaders are doing, what decisions they are making, because it’s not just leaders, but us,” Loznitsa said. “The top priority is that we don’t give up, we have to think about it every time we have to ask ourselves what to do when we find ourselves.”