A poet fights the KGB with words while they offer him 'freedom' — on their terms.
This is a metaphorical story about the tragic and mysterious death of the most powerful poet of 1960s, human rights activist, hero of Ukraine Vasyl Stus and his struggle with the Soviet system. The events of the film unfold during the last attempt by the KGB to seduce the poet with a whimsical "freedom".
Acting
Yaroshenko's Stus burns quiet, refusing to perform victimhood for his captors.
Direction
Brovko turns interrogation rooms into psychological battlegrounds of dignity.
Writing
Dialogue so precise it feels translated from poetry — and censored by force.
Director
Roman Brovko
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