Birds of Paradise

Birds of Paradise

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Status

Released

Release Date

Apr 1, 2008

Runtime

1h 34m

Genres

Drama

User Score

32%

Original Title

Райские птицы

Production Companies

Sota Cinema Group

Director

Roman Balayan

Description

The events of the film take place in the Soviet Union in the early 1980s. It is forbidden to listen to foreign radio stations, it is not safe to voice one’s opinions in front of strangers. Words of truth are spoken only in private kitchens behind the curtained windows. The KGB tap phones, survey the ‘unreliable’ and consistently step by step destroy all forms of decent. The protagonists challenge the inhumane state machine, putting on stake their very lives and proving that nothing and nobody can stop a person who is on his way to achieve a true freedom.