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I Am
CUBA · 2009

I Am

Igor Voloshin
military evasion psychiatric institutions Chechen conflict generational trauma identity and self-discovery
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Synopsis

The film tells the story of a young Russian in the early 90s, trying to escape the army in a psychiatric clinic. He's released years later, after intensive compulsory treatment. Has a documentary film maker he gets involved in the Chechen conflict, where he meets his own apparent death. He recalls his life and realizes it mirrors that of his whole generation.

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