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

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)

Trailer

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