Diagnosis: Dissent Poster

Diagnosis: Dissent

Not Rated Drama History

Starring: Kostiantyn Temliak, Nataliia Babenko, Sergey Kalantay, Irma Vitovska, Ostap Stupka

Writer: Kseniia Zastavska, Simor Hlasenko

Release Date:
October 31, 2024
Ratings:
7.9 / 10
Director:
Denis Tarasov
Companies:
FILM.UA Group

Overview

The protagonist Andrii Dovzhenko finds out a horrible truth, that has been hidden in USSR for years - most of those accused of «anti-Soviet propaganda» were never sent to prison, but to special psychiatric hospitals with a diagnosis of "slow progressive schizophrenia". Andrii finds himself in a real hell of punitive psychiatry and faces a difficult choice - to cooperate with the KGB and return to his family, or to reveal the truth about dissidents tortured in such psychiatric hospitals. The script was based on the memoirs of Soviet dissidents who faced the brutality of a totalitarian system that used so-called "punitive psychiatry" as a weapon against free thought.