Freedom is Paradise (S.E.R. - Svoboda eto rai) Interned in a strict reform school for young offenders in the remote Soviet Russian Arctic, 13-year-old Sasha escapes crippling institutionalisation to search for a father he does not remember.
Set against the backdrop of stunning natural wilderness and the urban grime of the Russian underclass during the Soviet system's definitive collapse, Sasha's courage and determination to fulfill his dream of freedom illuminate this compelling story.
Bodrov's (Mongol, Prisoner of the Mountains) international breakthrough.
