Plot introduction
入围华沙电影节前两部竞赛。Thefilmtakestheviewerbacktothepreviouscentury.Itstopic,raisedforthefirsttimeinfeaturefilms,opensoneofthemostshamefulandterrifyingpagesinthehistoryoftheUSSR:theso-called"punitivepsychiatry"usedbytheKGBinthefightagainstpoliticalandreligiousdissidents.Thefilm’sprotagonistisayoungmanwhowantstofeelfreeinhiscountry–freetolistentorockmusicorwearlonghair.However,hislongingforfreedomcomesupagainstthecrueltyofthesysteminacountrywheretheKGBusesthemostshamefulmethodstocontrolpeoplelikehim.UkrainiandirectorDenysTarasov’sdebutfilm.
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