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1986

Audience Score
48
NR 1 hr 17 minDrama
Elena is a student in Minsk. She is having an intense but self-destructive love affair with Viktor. When Elena's father goes to prison she has to take charge of his business dealings to help him. She drives repeatedly into the restricted zone at Chernobyl, behind the wheel of a truck, in order to smuggle contaminated steel. The conflicts with Viktor escalate, and Elena is increasingly captivated by the zone's deceptive beauty...
DirectorLothar Herzog
WriterLothar Herzog

Movie Details

Original Language:Russian
Production Companies:Rohfilm, ARTE, Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (DFFB), WDR