The Dream is Gone

In the midst of an enchanted swamp landscape, Alyona surprises her biological father, who knew nothing about her. He lives his life in sparse simplicity. He did not choose this isolation by chance. The veteran returned from the First Chechen War severely traumatised. But Alyona also has a terrible childhood behind her and is now on a confrontational course. Embedded in Russia's mystical natural worlds, the film uses impressive images to shed light on the consequences of war - for those who have to fight it out on the front lines and for those who stay behind. No matter what their origins. Moreover, Maria Batova manages with great empathy to tell of Alyona's sense of a lost youth and to develop a story about understanding and forgiveness that achieves great things in small ways.

Text: Joshua Jádi

The film will be shown in the original language with English subtitles and simultaneously translated into German. Headphones are available free of charge against a deposit in the cinema foyer.