1986
5.5
Elena is a student in Minsk. She is having an intense but self-destructive love affair with Viktor. When Elena's father goes to prison she has to take charge of his business dealings to help him. She drives repeatedly into the restricted zone at Chernobyl, behind the wheel of a truck, in order to smuggle contaminated steel. The conflicts with Viktor escalate, and Elena is increasingly captivated by the zone's deceptive beauty...
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Cast
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Daria Mureeva
Elena
Also in
New
Rat-Catcher
Philipp Baben der Erde
Benny Drechsel
Anna Anisenko
Lothar Herzog
Igor Denisov
Also in
1942
Fortress of War
Ruslan Chernetskiy
Also in
Enemy Lines
Spice Boyz
Natalia Gozdzik
Stefanie Kosik
Aleksey Filimonov
Known for
Altered
14+
Andrea Hanke
Max Gavrilenko
Lothar Herzog Director · Philipp Baben der Erde Cinematographer Stefanie Kosik Editor
United States release January 26, 2020 · Produced in Belarus, Germany · Languages Belarusian, German, Russian
Production
Rohfilm
Production
ARTE
Production
Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (DFFB)
Production
WDR
Production
Westdeutscher Rundfunk
Production
ZDF/Arte
Production
Belarus · Germany
Produced in
Languages
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Belarusian · German · Russian
Release dates
Switzerland · September 30, 2019
Premiere · Zurich Film Festival
Germany · October 23, 2019
Limited theatrical · Hof International Film Festival
United States · January 26, 2020
Slamdance Film Festival
Belarus
November 5, 2019 · Minsk International Film Festival Listapad
France
July 7, 2022 · TV · ARTE
Germany
September 9, 2021 · Theatrical
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