SYNOPSIS

In June 2023, Russia destroys the Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine and commits an unprecedented ecocide. In response, French philosopher and filmmaker Bernard-Henri Lévy returns to Ukraine to capture Ukraine’s deep humanity despite the dire conditions, and a civilian resilience and resistance unlike any other.
In Glory to the Heroes, Lévy, along with his co-director Marc Roussel, spends the summer in eastern Ukraine recording for the world a passionate ode to Ukraine’s courage on the battlefield while also depicting the overwhelming sorrow sowed by Russia’s continuous attacks on civilians. On the ground during the Ukrainian counteroffensive, Lévy and Roussel embed with elite forces on the frontline. With unprecedented access, they capture the horrors of war, the hopefulness of the Ukrainian citizens and their optimism in the face of senseless destruction.
Lévy has brought to the world a film that, now more than ever, is a painful reminder that this war is our war and it’s time for the West to urgently give Ukraine everything it needs to win.

PRESS REVIEW

The Hollywood Reporter – November 02, 2023: ‘Bernard-Henri Levy’s Ukraine Doc ‘Glory to the Heroes’ Gets Release Date (Exclusive)’, by Etan Vlessing.

FirstShowing – November 19, 2023: ‘Official Trailer for Ukraine War ‘Glory to the Heroes’ Doc Film Sequel’, by Alex Billington.

Thirty Seven East – November 30, 2023: ‘War & Peace, What Can We Do? Conversation with Bernard-Henri Lévy’, by JC Agid.

Daily Mail – December 03, 2023: ‘On the frontline of Putin’s terrifying invasion’, by David Patrikarakos.

Forbes – December 04, 2023: ‘Heroic Ukraine: Bernard-Henri Levy Documents The Summer Counter-Offensive’, by Tom Teicholz.

The Wall Street Journal – December 05, 2023: ‘A Documentary Honors the ‘Magnificent Ukrainians’’, by Tunku Varadarajan.

Air Mail – December 05, 2023: ‘Watch ‘Glory to the Heroes’, by Jeanne Malle.

Eye For Film – December 05, 2023: ‘‘Glory To The Heroes’ in homage to a lost generation of Ukrainians’, by Anne-Katrin Titze.

Eye For Film – December 07, 2023: ‘Resilient and brave’, by Anne-Katrin Titze.

The Gaze – December 07, 2023: ‘The French Film About Russia’s War in Ukraine Was Shown at the UN Headquarters’, by Mark Yanchych.

Jewish Journal – December 07, 2023: ‘Bernard-Henri Lévy Implores Documentarians to Film the Front Lines of War’, by Brian Fishbach.

Tablet – December 07, 2023: ‘A Masterpiece of Thought and Feeling’, by Liel Leibovitz.

Ukrinform – December 08, 2023: ‘Bernard-Henri Levy, French philosopher and journalist’, by Volodymyr Ilchenko.

The Hill – December 08, 2023: ‘Ukraine war documentary headed to Capitol as lawmakers debate further aid’, by Judy Kurtz.

New York Post – December 15, 2023: ‘America must aid Ukraine AND secure our own borders — or what kind of superpower are we?’, by Douglas Murray.

The Bulwark – January 04, 2024: ‘In Ukraine, Hardship and Hope’, by Cathy Young.

Washington Examiner – January 25, 2024, ‘Exit gate to freedom’, by Tunku Varadarajan.

FRENCH PRESS REVIEW

« L’Ukraine au cœur : Bernard-Henri Lévy nous raconte les héros du quotidien », propos recueillis par Eric Chol et Charles Haquet, L’Express, 08 novembre 2023.

Sébastien Lapaque, « Sur la ligne de front », Le Point, 08 novembre 2023.

« Bernard-Henri Lévy : “Cette guerre en Ukraine, il faut la gagner !” », propos recueillis par Valérie Toranian, Le Point, 08 novembre 2023.

Caroline Fourest, « Le sale jeu de Poutine », Franc-Tireur, 08 novembre 2023.

Louis-David Texier, « L’Ukraine au cœur, le documentaire de Bernard Henri-Lévy une leçon de courage et de liberté », Transfuge, 09 novembre 2023.

« Bernard-Henri Lévy : “Poutine a fait la grande alliance entre l’impérialisme russe et l’islam radical” », propos recueillis par Laure Mandeville, Le Figaro, 09 novembre 2023.

Sara Daniel, « Pendant ce temps en Ukraine », L’Obs, 09 novembre 2023.

Florence Trédez, « L’Ukraine au cœur : BHL signe un documentaire pour ne pas que l’on oublie », ELLE, 09 novembre 2023.

Danièle Georget, « Bernard-Henri Lévy : la résistance dans le sang », Paris Match, 10 novembre 2023.

Thibaut Lescuyer, « L’Ukraine au cœur sur France 2. Bernard-Henri Lévy raconte le tournage de son documentaire », Ouest-France, 14 novembre 2023.

Stéphanie Raïo, « L’Ukraine au cœur : “Le principal ennemi des Ukrainiens, c’est l’indifférence”, affirme Bernard-Henri Lévy », 20 Minutes, 14 novembre 2023.

Christel Brigaudeau, « L’Ukraine au cœur : un documentaire de Bernard-Henri Levy contre l’oubli », Le Parisien, 14 novembre 2023.

Isabelle Malin, « Trois séquences à retenir du nouveau documentaire de Bernard-Henri Lévy sur la guerre en Ukraine », France Info, 14 novembre 2023.

Alexandra Schwartzbrod, « Avec son documentaire L’Ukraine au cœur, BHL ne lâche pas l’affaire », Libération, 14 novembre 2023.

Pierre Forman, « L’Ukraine au cœur : le film de BHL aux Nations Unies », La Règle du jeu, 07 décembre 2023.

Emily Hamilton, « Prière pour l’Ukraine au Capitole », La Règle du jeu, 12 janvier 2024.

Félix Le Roy, « Glory to the Heroes au Congrès », Atlantico, 17 janvier 2024.

SCREENINGS

– Screening on November 8, 2024 at Le Balzac cinema in Paris, in the presence of Ukrainian First Lady Olena Zelenska.
– Broadcast on November 14, 2023 on France 2 (French TV) at 9:10pm (706,000 viewers).
– Screening on December 6, 2023 at the United Nations headquarters in New York.
– Screening on December 8, 2023 at the Quad cinema in New York.
– Screening on December 9, 2023 at the Landmark E Street Cinema in Washington.
– Screening December 10, 2023 at Landmark Theaters Sunset, Los Angeles.
– Screening December 11, 2023 at the Landmark Ritz Five in Philadelphia.
– Screening December 11, 2023 at the Crest Cinema Center, Seattle.
– Screening December 18, 2023 at Landmark Century Centre Cinema, Chicago.
– Screening December 29, 2023 at the Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre, Sedona, as part of the Sedona International Film Festival.
– Screening on December 30, 2023 at the Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre in Sedona as part of the Sedona International Film Festival.
– Screening on January 2, 2024 at the Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre in Sedona as part of the Sedona International Film Festival.
– Screening on January 3, 2024 at the Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre in Sedona as part of the Sedona International Film Festival.
– Screening on January 4, 2024 at the Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre in Sedona as part of the Sedona International Film Festival.
– Screening on January 10, 2024 before members of the U.S. Congress in Washington.
– Screening on August 13, 2024 at the Kharkiv Opera House in Ukraine.