Mariupol: The People's Story (2023) Movie Script
This programme contains some strong
language and scenes which some
viewers may find upsetting.
HE IMITATES EXPLOSION
EXPLOSIONS
EXPLOSION
SOBBING
The city, it's so multilayered.
There is so many cultures,
like, woven into it.
The city has become much more
European.
I took my friends
and we drove to the seaside.
Everyone was like, "Wow, Mariupol,
it's so beautiful.
"It's so nice."
CHOIR SINGS
I spent last New Year's Eve
in Mariupol,
and this New Year's Eve was
beautiful.
Everyone was like,
"Oh, let's tap into the new, happy,
beautiful 2022."
But we were all alerted
by the Russian troops.
Everyone listened to Putin's speech.
When we heard that crazy,
distorted speech,
you know what Mariupolers do?
They just go to protest,
so that's what we did.
AIR-RAID SIREN WAILS
DISTANT EXPLOSIONS
I was filming everything
that was around me
because I was looking at it
from my balcony and saw it.
GUNFIRE
I'm feeling like the most
scared in my life.
When you are scared or when
there is war around...
Oh, yeah. It comes.
It's coming. Fuck!
DISTANT SHELLING
You only hear the shelling,
and it's getting closer
and closer and closer.
They started hitting
the city centre.
EXPLOSION
You find yourself in a horror movie.
There were several air strikes.
All this shit around is scary.
RUMBLING
LOUD EXPLOSION
WHISTLING, LOUD EXPLOSION
RUNNING FOOTSTEPS
SOBBING
LOUD BANG
I'm just having a breakdown
because I'm scared,
enraged and useless,
I feel useless and helpless and...
Fuck...
I don't know.
I've never felt this shit,
this feeling before,
and I honestly don't know
how to describe it.
I'm just crying and crying.
And I don't know...
I hope I will survive.
People were scared of both
leaving and staying.
It was the choice
between two ways of being killed.
Either the quick one
or like the very tiring
and slowly one,
if you stay in the city.
We decided to leave the day we left.
We knew that it was like
a very crazy decision
and we have to stick to it.
We saw leftovers of the cars,
burning warehouses.
We were driving,
then we see this column,
two tanks in this column
that was driving. It was crazy.
They were pointing the gun
at us, the tank, uh, gun,
and we, we just drove through them.
It was the most crazy moment.
I'm just escaped from Mariupol.
And what I feel is that Mariupol
is not planned to be occupied,
but it's planned to be just
destroyed.
I'm feeling very, very bad because
I left behind many
people of Mariupol.
People are suffering very, very bad.
It's terrifying
and I'm still shocked.
EXPLOSIONS
JET ENGINE ROARS
EXPLOSIONS
PIANO MUSIC PLAYS
EXPLOSION
CAR ALARMS BLARE
EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION
LOUD EXPLOSION
LOUD EXPLOSION
EXPLOSIONS CONTINUE
EXPLOSIONS
EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION
PIANO MUSIC PLAYS
language and scenes which some
viewers may find upsetting.
HE IMITATES EXPLOSION
EXPLOSIONS
EXPLOSION
SOBBING
The city, it's so multilayered.
There is so many cultures,
like, woven into it.
The city has become much more
European.
I took my friends
and we drove to the seaside.
Everyone was like, "Wow, Mariupol,
it's so beautiful.
"It's so nice."
CHOIR SINGS
I spent last New Year's Eve
in Mariupol,
and this New Year's Eve was
beautiful.
Everyone was like,
"Oh, let's tap into the new, happy,
beautiful 2022."
But we were all alerted
by the Russian troops.
Everyone listened to Putin's speech.
When we heard that crazy,
distorted speech,
you know what Mariupolers do?
They just go to protest,
so that's what we did.
AIR-RAID SIREN WAILS
DISTANT EXPLOSIONS
I was filming everything
that was around me
because I was looking at it
from my balcony and saw it.
GUNFIRE
I'm feeling like the most
scared in my life.
When you are scared or when
there is war around...
Oh, yeah. It comes.
It's coming. Fuck!
DISTANT SHELLING
You only hear the shelling,
and it's getting closer
and closer and closer.
They started hitting
the city centre.
EXPLOSION
You find yourself in a horror movie.
There were several air strikes.
All this shit around is scary.
RUMBLING
LOUD EXPLOSION
WHISTLING, LOUD EXPLOSION
RUNNING FOOTSTEPS
SOBBING
LOUD BANG
I'm just having a breakdown
because I'm scared,
enraged and useless,
I feel useless and helpless and...
Fuck...
I don't know.
I've never felt this shit,
this feeling before,
and I honestly don't know
how to describe it.
I'm just crying and crying.
And I don't know...
I hope I will survive.
People were scared of both
leaving and staying.
It was the choice
between two ways of being killed.
Either the quick one
or like the very tiring
and slowly one,
if you stay in the city.
We decided to leave the day we left.
We knew that it was like
a very crazy decision
and we have to stick to it.
We saw leftovers of the cars,
burning warehouses.
We were driving,
then we see this column,
two tanks in this column
that was driving. It was crazy.
They were pointing the gun
at us, the tank, uh, gun,
and we, we just drove through them.
It was the most crazy moment.
I'm just escaped from Mariupol.
And what I feel is that Mariupol
is not planned to be occupied,
but it's planned to be just
destroyed.
I'm feeling very, very bad because
I left behind many
people of Mariupol.
People are suffering very, very bad.
It's terrifying
and I'm still shocked.
EXPLOSIONS
JET ENGINE ROARS
EXPLOSIONS
PIANO MUSIC PLAYS
EXPLOSION
CAR ALARMS BLARE
EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION
LOUD EXPLOSION
LOUD EXPLOSION
EXPLOSIONS CONTINUE
EXPLOSIONS
EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION
PIANO MUSIC PLAYS