DIAGNOSIS: DISSENT

БОЖЕВІЛЬНІ

By Denys TARASOV

WARSAW FILM FESTIVAL / WARSAW FILM FOUNDATION - as FEST

First film - Completed 2023

The film takes the viewer back to the previous century. Its topic, raised for the first time in feature films, opens one of the most shameful and terrifying pages in the history of the USSR: the so-called "punitive psychiatry" used by the KGB in the fight against political and religious dissidents.

Festivals
& Awards

Warsaw FF 2023
Competition 1-2 Special Mention
    • Year of production
    • 2023
    • Genres
    • First film, Drama
    • Countries
    • UKRAINE
    • Languages
    • UKRANIAN
    • Budget
    • N/A
    • Duration
    • 118 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Denys TARASOV
    • Synopsis
    • The film takes the viewer back to the previous century. Its topic, raised for the first time in feature films, opens one of the most shameful and terrifying pages in the history of the USSR: the so-called "punitive psychiatry" used by the KGB in the fight against political and religious dissidents. The film's protagonist is a young man who wants to feel free in his country – free to listen to rock music or wear long hair. However, his longing for freedom comes up against the cruelty of the system in a country where the KGB uses the most shameful methods to control people like him. Ukrainian director Denys Tarasov’s debut film.