The Last Relic

TheprovincialcityofYekaterinburgembodiestheabsurdityofmodernRussianlife.Fixatedonitsimperialpast,thecityholdsgildeddebutanteballsandmaintainsshrinestotheRomanovs,whilepromotingPutinasacontemporarytsar.Anyshredsofpoliticaloppositionthatdoexistarelikewisevestigesofsystemsthateitherfailedorneverexisted.Spirited20-year-oldIgorisfullycommittedtoLeftBlockprotests,callingoutthecurrentdictatorshipandopposingslavishcapitalistagendas.Old-schoolpoliticalactivistsGalinaandRafailtrytobringdowntheKafkaesquesystemfromtheinsidebydutifullyfightingforconstitutionalrightsthroughthecourts.Fracturedalonggenerationalanddogmaticlines,neithersideoftheoppositioncantouchthecontrolsofPutin’smachine.ShootingoverfouryearsandjustbeforetheinvasionofUkraine,award-winningdirectorMariannaKaat(PitNo.8,2010)craftsastarkportraitofdissidenceinaplacewherefreedom,regardlessofitsdefinition,cannotexist.MyrociaWatamaniuk<br/>　　源自：<ahref=&quothttps://www.douban.com/link2/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhotdocs.ca%2Fwhats-on%2Fhot-docs-festival%2Ffilms%2F2023%2Flast-relic&link2key=027dd3be85&quottarget=&quot_blank&quotrel=&quotnofollow&quot>https://hotdocs.ca/w<wbr/>hats-on/hot-docs-fes<wbr/>tival/films/2023/las<wbr/>t-relic</a>