Birds of Paradise

(2008)

★ 2.8 IMDb · 6 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 2008

Runtime: 94 мин

Country: Ukraine

Director: Роман Балаян

Cast: Андрей Кузичев, Оксана Акиньшина, Олег Янковский, Егор Пазенко, Сергей Романюк, Вадим Скуратовский, Валентин Томусяк, Витольд Янпавлис, Світлана Штанько, Сергей Сипливый

Plot

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.