1986

Elena is a student in Minsk making illegal deals in the Chernobyl death zone to save her father from going to prison. She is in an intense but increasingly destructive love affair with Viktor. When her father is arrested for illegal metal trading and tax evasion, in order to continue his business, she has to keep traveling to the Chernobyl restricted zone. She is fascinated by the deceptive beauty, but soon her life seems contaminated by a destructive force. "A very potent film, both dramaturgically and visually with a superbly acted main character." (Spielfilm)

Keywords

  • #Solidarity with Ukraine
  • Award Winning
  • déjà-vu FILM
  • achtung berlin – new berlin film award
  • eastern europe
  • ecology
  • family
  • relationship
  • women

Actors

  • Anna Anisenko
  • Ruslan Chernetskiy
  • Igor Denisov
  • Daria Mureeva

Director

  • Lothar Herzog

Drama


1h 17min


16+

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Belarus
Germany
2019
A young woman ventures into the deadly beauty of the Chernobyl exclusion zone to save her father from prison.

A young woman ventures into the deadly beauty of the Chernobyl exclusion zone to save her father from prison.


Elena is a student in Minsk making illegal deals in the Chernobyl death zone to save her father from going to prison.


She is in an intense but increasingly destructive love affair with Viktor. When her father is arrested for illegal metal trading and tax evasion, in order to continue his business, she has to keep traveling to the Chernobyl restricted zone. She is fascinated by the deceptive beauty, but soon her life seems contaminated by a destructive force.


"A very potent film, both dramaturgically and visually with a superbly acted main character." (Spielfilm)

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