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Late USSR. The General Secretary lies in the government clinic. He is old and frail, but has a tight grip on power. "The power is taken, it is never given away," he repeats. And various groups are scoring their political points while the "body" is alive. Sasha, a fragile invisible nurse bears a heavy burden of responsibility for the life of the "sentenced to life" official.

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Wendy Ide Screen International A mirthless farce, a striking and all-too-pertinent tragicomic study of decaying power structures and the desperate, behind-the-scenes wrangling of a failing state. Nov 17, 2023 Full Review Read all reviews

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Synopsis Late USSR. The General Secretary lies in the government clinic. He is old and frail, but has a tight grip on power. "The power is taken, it is never given away," he repeats. And various groups are scoring their political points while the "body" is alive. Sasha, a fragile invisible nurse bears a heavy burden of responsibility for the life of the "sentenced to life" official.
Director
Rezo Gigineishvili
Producer
Archil Gelovani, Sergey Yahontov
Screenwriter
Aleksandr Rodionov, Rezo Gigineishvili
Production Co
Independent Film Project
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Russian
Runtime
1h 54m