Birds of Paradise (2008)

  • NR
  • 04/01/2008 (UA)
  • Drama
  • 1h 34m

Overview

The events of the film take place in the Soviet Union in the early 1980s. It is forbidden to listen to foreign radio stations, it is not safe to voice one’s opinions in front of strangers. Words of truth are spoken only in private kitchens behind the curtained windows. The KGB tap phones, survey the ‘unreliable’ and consistently step by step destroy all forms of decent. The protagonists challenge the inhumane state machine, putting on stake their very lives and proving that nothing and nobody can stop a person who is on his way to achieve a true freedom.

Roman Balayan

Director

Rustam Ibragimbekov

Screenplay

Cast

Andrey Kuzichyov's headshot

Andrey Kuzichyov

Oksana Akinshina's headshot

Oksana Akinshina

Oleg Yankovskiy's headshot

Oleg Yankovskiy

Egor Pazenko's headshot

Egor Pazenko

Serhii Romaniuk's headshot

Serhii Romaniuk

Leonid Titov's headshot

Leonid Titov

Vadym Skurativskyi's headshot

Vadym Skurativskyi

Valentyn Tomusiak's headshot

Valentyn Tomusiak

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