Diagnosis: Dissent (2024)
Original title: БожеВільні
Diagnosis: Dissent is a 2024 Ukrainian-language drama movie directed by Denis Tarasov, with a running time of 1h 58m. It stars Kostiantyn Temliak, Nataliia Babenko and Sergey Kalantay.
The protagonist Andrii Dovzhenko finds out a horrible truth, that has been hidden in USSR for years - most of those accused of «anti-Soviet propaganda» were never sent to prison, but to special psychiatric hospitals with a diagnosis of "slow progressive schizophrenia". Andrii finds himself in a real hell of punitive psychiatry and faces a difficult choice - to cooperate with the KGB and return to his family, or to reveal the truth about dissidents tortured in such psychiatric hospitals. The script was based on the memoirs of Soviet dissidents who faced the brutality of a totalitarian system that used so-called "punitive psychiatry" as a weapon against free thought.
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What is Diagnosis: Dissent about?
The protagonist Andrii Dovzhenko finds out a horrible truth, that has been hidden in USSR for years - most of those accused of «anti-Soviet propaganda» were never sent to prison, but to special psychiatric hospitals with a diagnosis of "slow progressive schizophrenia". Andrii finds himself in a real hell of punitive psychiatry and faces a difficult choice - to cooperate with the KGB and return to his family, or to reveal the truth about dissidents tortured in such psychiatric hospitals. The script was based on the memoirs of Soviet dissidents who faced the brutality of a totalitarian system that used so-called "punitive psychiatry" as a weapon against free thought.
When was Diagnosis: Dissent released?
Diagnosis: Dissent was released on 31 October 2024.
How long is Diagnosis: Dissent?
Diagnosis: Dissent runs 1h 58m.
Who made Diagnosis: Dissent?
Diagnosis: Dissent was directed by Denis Tarasov.
Cast
- Kostiantyn Temliak as Andrii Dovzhenko
- Nataliia Babenko as Oksana Dovzhenko
- Sergey Kalantay as Valentyn Stelmakh
- Irma Vitovska as Iryna Lakhnovska
- Ostap Stupka as Mykola Khudymchuk
- Serhii Kysil as Vitalii Kravets
- Vitalii Salii as Kozych
- Andrii Mostrenko as Rohoza
- Dmytro Oliinyk as Hamlet
- Oles Katsion as Nurse Levchenko
- Pavlo Kostitsyn as Volodymyr Prus
- Roman Yakymchuk as Zhukovets