Story
A gripping drama about the sinister practice of Soviet »punitive psychiatry« against political dissidents. Young Andriy, an electrician with a lifestyle that is not loyal to the regime, is arrested for »anti-Soviet propaganda«. He experiences the cruelty of the system in a psychiatric ward, where he is to be broken with medication and psychological pressure. But Andrey does not give up.
Director
DENYS TARASOV (*1984 in Ukraine) studied directing at the National University of Theatre, Cinema and Television in Kyiv. Diagnosis: Dissent is his feature film debut.Info
БожеВільні
Fiction Feature
Ukrainian
Molodist | FF2024
Ukraine
2023
119 min
OV with English subtitles
Denys Tarasov
Ksenia Zastavskaya
Kostiantyn Temliak, Irma Vitovska, Serhii Kalantai, Ostap Stupka, Vitalii Salii, Andrii Mostrenko, Pavlo Kostitsyn, Serhii Kysil, Anastasiia Pustovit, Roman Yakymchuk, Dmytro Oliinyk, Yevhen Chernykov, Oleh Stefan, Artem Martynishyn, Oles Katsion, Nataliia Babenko, Oleksandr Piskunov, Anzhelika Hyrych, Oleh Stalchuk, Viktor Zhdanov
Artem Koliubaiev, Valeria Ivanenko, Taras Bosak
Ievhenii Kyrei
Hossein Mirzagholi
Common Victory Production, Mountain Bear Production
Tags
LonelinessMemoriesHistorySocietyHuman RightsEastern EuropePolitics and PowerBiopicTrauma