Movie: Confession: A Chronicle of Alienation

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Aleksei Shubnikov
Aleksei Choubnikov

Himself

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    Set in the underground drug culture that has evolved among alienated Soviet youth, Georgi Gavrilov’s Confession explores the life of a 23-year-old Moscow heroin addict at several intervals over a two-year period.

  • Release Date

    1989-10-03

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    8

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    Pусский

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