The violent legacy of the break-up of the Soviet Union is dissected in “The Hill” by Lina Tsrimova and Denis Gheerbrant, an astonishing documentary shot entirely on a gargantuan rubbish heap in Kyrgyzstan and screened this week at the Cannes Film Festival’s parallel section ACID.
The first time Alexander killed in the battle for Grozny, Chechnya’s capital, he cried for days on end. The second and third time, he got used to the killing. By the fourth, he was enjoying it.
