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Freedom Is Paradise (1989)

Freedom Is Paradise poster
Original title
СЭР
Directed by
Sergei Bodrov
Genre
drama film
Country
Soviet Union
Runtime
1h 16m
Rating
5.0 of 10 from 12 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young boy escapes from a juvenile detention camp in the Soviet Union and searches for his father in a harsh, indifferent world. The story follows his difficult journey through a bleak landscape as he tries to find a sense of freedom and belonging.

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What happens

Freedom Is Paradise (Russian: СЭР, acronym for Свобода Это Рай, Svoboda Eto Rai) is a 1989 Soviet Union film directed by Sergei Bodrov. It won the Grand Prix des Amériques, the main prize at the Montreal World Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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