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Dear Comrades!

Dear Comrades!

Russia 121 min.

When the communist government raises food prices in 1962, the rebellious workers from the small industrial town of Novocherkassk go on strike. The massacre which then ensues is seen through the eyes of a devout party activist.

Novocherkassk, USSR, 1962. Lyudmila is a Party executive and devout communist who had fought in WWII for Stalin's ideology. Certain that her work will create a communist society, the woman detests any anti-Soviet sentiment. During a strike at the local electromotive factory, Lyudmila witnesses a laborers' piquet gunned down under orders from the government that seeks to cover up mass labor strikes in USSR. After the bloodbath, when survivors flee from the square, Lyudmila realizes her daughter has disappeared. A gaping rift opens in her worldview. Despite the blockade of the city, mass arrests, and the authorities' attempts to cover up the massacre, Lyudmila searches for her daughter. We don't know how the search will end, but realize that the woman's life won't ever be the same.

Showtime

  • Sun 24.10.2021. 20:00

Location

Rector's palace

Poljana Šime Budinića
23000 Zadar

Original title
Dorogie tovarishchi
Director
Andrey Konchalovskiy
Scenario
Elena Kiseleva, Andrey Konchalovskiy
Actors
Yuliya Vysotskaya, Vladislav Komarov, Andrey Gusev, Yuliya Burova, Sergei Erlish, Alexander Maskelyne
Photography
Andrey Naydenov
Production
Production Center of Andrei Konchalovsky
Distribution
Discovery