The contradictions spelled out in Porcelain War’s title are mirrored in the film’s early scenes. Bucolic images of the Ukrainian countryside smash cuts to news footage of the Russian invasion that began back in 2022, the sunlit fields replaced with shattered piles of concrete, fires blazing from apartment buildings, jet fighters screaming overhead, and dramatic drumming adding a percussive jolt to emphasize the travails of a country at war.