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DAU. Natasha

DAU. Natasha

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Status

Released

Release Date

Feb 26, 2020

Runtime

2h 18m

Genres

Drama

User Score

57%

Original Title

DAU. Natasha

Production Companies

Phenomen Films, Phenomen Berlin Filmproduktions (DE), Phenomen Ukraine

Director

Ilya Khrzhanovsky

Description

Natasha runs the canteen at a secret 1950s Soviet research institute. This is the beating heart of the DAU universe, everyone drops in here: the institute's employees, scientists and visiting foreign guests. Natasha's world is a small one, split between the demands of the canteen during the day and alcohol fuelled nights with her younger colleague Olga, during which the two confide their hopes of romance and for a different future. At a party one evening Natasha becomes close to a visiting French scientist Luc Bige and the two sleep together. The following day her life takes a dramatic turn when she is summoned to an interrogation by the KGB's General Vladimir Azhippo who questions the nature of her relationship with the foreign guest.