
ThecelebrationsfortheRussianRevolution’scentennialdidnotgoasexpected–thegovernmentoptedtorefrainfromanyofficialeventsandlimitthehomagestoinstitutionsand,aboveall,publicmuseums.Throughtestimoniesandwithoutresortingtothetemptingarchivefootage,SofíaBordenavedecidestouncagememoriesandgivethembacktotheinhabitants.Katya,wholivedthroughthefinalblueprintsoftheevent,walksaroundtheplacesthatwerekeyintherevolutionaryprocess,andrescuessuchcollaboratorsasscientistAleksandrBogdánov,authorofautopianscience-fictionbookpublishedbeforetheRevolutionthatgivesthefilmitsname.NikitaandKarl,twoyoungpeoplewithapassionforwalkingthroughthecity’sroofsandexaminingabandonedbuildings,becomeanthropologistsinordertofindcluesofaRussiathatisnomore,yetreverberatesinthepresent.Estrellarojawarnsusabouttherisksofsuppressinghistoryasitinspectsthatareainwhichpersonalandcollectivememorystarttobecomeoneandthesame.