A large black jeep is rushing along a deserted summer road. Bandit, his friend Matvey with his old father, Musician and a beautiful girl sit in it. They are looking for a Bell Tower of Happiness, which they say is situated somewhere between St. Petersburg and Uglich, close to inactive atomic power station. The Bell Tower seize people, but not all of them. Each passenger of the big car believes it will choose him.
What in your opinion is the shortest route between Entre Rios in Argentina and the Chinese megalopolis Shanghai? Most certainly it is a straight line going through the centre of the Earth! These two locations are antipodes. They are situated exactly opposite each other. Viktor Kosakovsky’s documentary shows...
Sometimes all we need is a mirror. To have a look at oneself. To have a candid look. To study one’s face and love it. To love one’s soul and its torturous processes unable to find a way out of the seemingly beautiful Today. And also to have a look at one’s Yesterday. With the eyes of a hopeful child. With the eyes of a doubting teenager. To love one’s Yesterday and Today. And also one’s vague Tomorrow, whatever it may be.
This is a socio-historical drama about post-war generations and the so called “doctors’ plot”. The events take place during several days in late February – early March 1953. The story is told by a little boy, the son of the protagonist, a military doctor General Yuri Klyonsky, a man with a truly Russian soul and typically Soviet destiny.
