7.3
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Drama • 2026 • 108 min
How to Divorce During the War (2026)
How to Divorce During the War (2026)
Overview
A Lithuanian drama set in Vilnius in 2022, the film follows Marija, a high-powered executive who picks the day before Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine to tell her husband she wants a divorce. What follows is a mid-life unraveling set against real geopolitical shock, complicated by a refugee subplot and Marija's same-sex relationship. The Leans Traditional label reflects the film's center of gravity: marriage, co-parenting, and domestic responsibility remain the emotional core. The lesbian affair is present but treated as one strand of personal crisis, not a cultural statement. The war backdrop grounds the story in Eastern European lived reality rather than identity politics.
Starring Cast
Marius Repšys • Žygimante Elena Jakštaite • Amelija Adomaityte
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
LGBTQ: Neutral
Family Values: Strongly Progressive
Viewer Rating
7.3
Overview
A Lithuanian drama set in Vilnius in 2022, the film follows Marija, a high-powered executive who picks the day before Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine to tell her husband she wants a divorce. What follows is a mid-life unraveling set against real geopolitical shock, complicated by a refugee subplot and Marija's same-sex relationship. The Leans Traditional label reflects the film's center of gravity: marriage, co-parenting, and domestic responsibility remain the emotional core. The lesbian affair is present but treated as one strand of personal crisis, not a cultural statement. The war backdrop grounds the story in Eastern European lived reality rather than identity politics.
Starring Cast
Marius Repšys • Žygimante Elena Jakštaite • Amelija Adomaityte
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
Political: Center
Confidence: Medium
A Lithuanian couple's divorce coincides with Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine, showing how private turmoil intersects with global events through everyday decisions rather than speeches or ideology.
Diversity: Low
Confidence: Medium
The film follows a Lithuanian couple navigating divorce as Russia's invasion of Ukraine begins, presenting their personal upheaval against the backdrop of regional conflict without reframing traditional identities or centering diversity themes.
Secondary
LGBTQ: Neutral
Confidence: Medium
The film presents Marija’s same-sex relationship as an incidental element within her personal struggles, without centering queerness or framing it as either liberating or punitive. It avoids socio-political obstacles or identity-focused arcs, treating the relationship as one facet of broader constraints imposed by life and failing partnerships.
Family Values: Strongly Progressive
Confidence: Medium
The film centers on a Lithuanian couple ending their marriage and adjusting to co-parenting their young daughter as the 2022 invasion unfolds, with the wife pursuing a lesbian affair and the husband managing the home.
Trans: N/A
Confidence: Low
How to Divorce During the War centers on a Lithuanian couple navigating divorce against the backdrop of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, with a subplot involving the wife's lesbian affair. No transgender characters or themes appear in the narrative or critical coverage.
Female Combat: N/R
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Gender Swap: No
Confidence: Low
The drama follows an original narrative of a Lithuanian couple navigating divorce amid the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, with all named characters created specifically for this story rather than drawn from prior source material.
Race Swap: No
Confidence: Low
The film presents an original contemporary story set in Lithuania with no source material, prior adaptations, or historical figures whose established racial depictions have been altered in the casting.
Hinduism: N/A
Confidence: Low
Not depicted.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
7.0
N/A
Critic Ratings
N/A
7.5
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