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The Restless Garden (1993)

Summer 1991. The last days of the Soviet Empire. Dark clouds gathered over Moscow as the Soviet government prepared to turn back the clock of history. While the world focused on the crashing Soviet Empire, this film focuses on the people who would've been among the first to suffer repression - the women and men who have broken sexual taboos in a consummate act of liberation against a rigid, crippled world. This is a view from their vantage point, unveiling the shadow-side of Soviet culture in the wake of the revolution, where the real provocative nudity is the nakedness of the soul.

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Top billed cast

  • Photo of Ekaterina RyzhikovaEkaterina Ryzhikova
  • Photo of Aleksandr LuginAleksandr Lugin
  • Photo of Mariya RyzhikovaMariya Ryzhikova
  • Photo of Irina SilivaIrina Siliva
  • Photo of Marina ShkinyovaMarina Shkinyova
  • Photo of Pyotr MarchenkoPyotr Marchenko
  • Photo of Svetlana KrasnovskayaSvetlana Krasnovskaya
  • Photo of Aleksey VeitslerAleksey Veitsler
  • Photo of Alexandr PetlyuraAlexandr Petlyura
  • Photo of Alexandr ZaldostanovAlexandr Zaldostanov

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