
Fifteenyearsago,frustratedwiththeauthoritarianregime’slackoftolerance,Maryna,PavelandDenislefttheMinskStateTheatretoperformforthenewlyfoundedBelarusFreeTheatre.Civildisobedienceasamoralimperative.RehearsalsareheldinsecretandthedirectorisconnectedviaSkypefromexile.Resourcesarescarce,andtopicsexplosive.Justlikethereallivescaughtbetweendailyroutineandundergroundactivities,theircurrentplayisaboutoppositionpoliticianswhohave“disappeared”andthelossofanymeansofexistence.Inotherwords–thetruth.Anyonewhodarestospeakoutrisksrepression,evendeath.Havingmadeaconsciousdecisionto“betrayart”asheputsit,Denishasgivenupactingtoprotecthisfamily.But,bynow,eventhosewhomerelyobserveareputtingeverythingatrisk.Becausetowatchmeanstoknow.<br/> SincethepresidentialelectionsofAugust2020,hundredsofthousandsofpeoplearerefusingtolookaway.Theyareprotestingnon-violentlyand“loudlyinsilence”forapeacefultransferofpowerinBelarus.Couragetakesalookatthismaelstrom,placingthesethreeprotagonistsatitscentre.Althoughpainfultowatchbecauseofthewayitcalmlyandpatientlymeasuresthismassmovement’sfragilescopeforaction,thisfilmalsohelpsusunderstandwhythisresistancehasbecomeamatterofcourseforsomany.Andcourageiswhatanyonewhowantstosurvive–letalonelivehere–needs.