Escape from Paradise. Documentary.

They wanted to leave the Soviet Union, which put at stake their liberty and even life. Breaks off all communication broke down and another's career derailed flew all that was before the fateful declaration OVIR ...
On the refusal of the exit pressure of the KGB and they said hunger strikes, letters to Reagan and attempts of illegal border crossing. On successful attempts to "escape from paradise," the Soviet people learned only years later.

Young painter Oleg Sohanevicha not satisfied militant aesthetic of socialist realism. In the summer of 1967 he and his companion climbed aboard diesel-electric "Russia", which sail along the Black Sea coast of the Caucasus. Dark night pals on an inflatable boat headed towards Turkey.

Future defector Viktor Smirnov studied at VGIK and inspired by the Khrushchev thaw, dreamed of a new movie, but did not come true ... Then he decided to flee from the Soviet Union.

What turned the "flight of the paradise" for the first wave of immigrants? I have them find their freedom, and whether it was worth the price that had to pay?

Director - Veronika evshan.