Mihails Karasikovs

The film tells the story of an artist avoiding a confrontation with power and the artistic and personal consequences of this choice. A powerful historical drama on the true story of Maria Leiko, famous actress who late in her career has to decide between fame and love for her grandchild, between her ideals or the lies of Stalin’s totalitarian regime.

En gardant son sang-froid face à une fausse alerte d’attaque nucléaire, un officier soviétique avait évité de justesse le déclenchement d’une troisième guerre mondiale, dans la nuit du 25 au 26 septembre 1983. Vingt-deux ans plus tard, le héros oublié était invité en grande pompe aux États-Unis, l’ancien pays "ennemi"...

Les efforts de la famille de Zanis Lipke pour sauver les Juifs pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale tout en élevant un enfant dans une situation historique tragique.

The film is based on true events, it tells the stories of two outstanding personalities of the 20th century – Sergei Eisenstein and Isaiah Berlin, who were both born and spent their childhood in Riga but soon had to leave the city. The film follows the lives of the two characters during the turbulent first half of the 20th century, telling how one of them becomes “the greatest film director of his generation” in the totalitarian Soviet Union, and the other “the greatest thinker of his generation” in liberal Great Britain.