Diagnosis: Dissent (2023)
- Original title
- БожеВільні
- Directed by
- Denis Tarasov
- Genre
- drama film, historical film
- Country
- Ukraine
- Runtime
- 1h 59m
- Rating
- 7.9 of 10 from 12 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
In the 1970s Soviet Union, Ukrainian dissidents are confined to a psychiatric hospital for their political beliefs. The film follows their struggle against a system that labels them mentally ill to silence them.
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What happens
Diagnosis: Dissent (Ukrainian: «БожеВільні», romanized: Bozhevilni, also known as Madmen) is a 2023 Ukrainian feature film, a historical drama directed by Denys Tarasov, whose characters in the 1970s confront the Soviet system's use of punitive psychiatry to suppress dissent. The world premiere took place at the Warsaw International Film Festival on October 13, 2023. The film received a Special Mention Award in the 1-2 COMPETITION section. It was released in Ukrainian theaters on October 31, 2024. Box office earnings amounted to ₴4.2 million. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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