Казус Кукоцкого (2005)

Overview

The film follows esteemed gynecologist Pavel Kucotsky as he battles illegal abortions and the 1936 ban amid the political upheavals of mid-20th-century Russia⁠—⁠ from Lysenkoism to Stalin’s funeral and the Khrushchev thaw⁠—⁠while public opinion casts him alternately as savior or villain. Interwoven are his wife Elena’s memory loss, their daughter’s turbulent coming-of-age, a Buenos Aires inheritance, and the bohemian jazz scene, all culminating in a saga of personal and national transformation.

Yuri GrymovCreator