"With Viktor I Approached Sign Language Just Like Any Other Language": Olivier Sarbil on His TIFF-premiering doc Viktor

One of the cinematic highlights of this year's TIFF, Olivier Sarbil's Ukraine-set (and Darren Aronofsky-produced) Viktor follows the titular protagonist, a Kharkiv resident who lives with his widowed mother and faces a most unusual conundrum. Desperate to defend his country, Viktor -- a sword-loving giant of a man whose bible is Miyamoto Musashi's The Strategy of the Samurai -- is nevertheless blocked from joining the war effort because he just so happens to be Deaf. Fortunately, Viktor possesse...