: After a series of disappointing affairs, Katya finds tenderness in her colleague, Tanya.
: Their relationship is deemed unacceptable by the "First Department" (state security services). 💡 Production Context DAU. Katya Tanya
: Explores female subjectivity, desire, and the crushing of personal ideals by a totalitarian reality. : After a series of disappointing affairs, Katya
The film focuses on the emotional and romantic life of Katya within the rigid environment of a secret Soviet scientific institute: : A young librarian with idealistic views on love. Katya finds tenderness in her colleague
: Filmed over several years on a massive set in Kharkiv, Ukraine, where participants lived as Soviet citizens.