入圍華沙電影節前兩部競賽Thefilmtakestheviewerbacktothepreviouscentury.Itstopic,raisedforthefirsttimeinfeaturefilms,opensoneofthemostshamefulandterrifyingpagesinthehistoryoftheUSSR:theso-called"punitivepsychiatry"usedbytheKGBinthefightagainstpoliticalandreligiousdissidents.Thefilm’sprotagonistisayoungmanwhowantstofeelfreeinhiscountry–freetolistentorockmusicorwearlonghair.However,hislongingforfreedomcomesupagainstthecrueltyofthesysteminacountrywheretheKGBusesthemostshamefulmethodstocontrolpeoplelikehim.UkrainiandirectorDenysTarasov’sdebutfilm.