Patient No. 1
2023, Russian. Directed by Rezo Gigineishvili.
The end of the Soviet empire. The General Secretary lies in the government clinic. He is old and frail, but has a tight grip on power. "The power is only taken, it is never given away," he repeats. And it is convenient for both the elites and the secret services -- while the "body" is alive, various groups are scoring their political points. The General Secretary is "sentenced to life". A young nurse Sasha looks after him. Small, fragile and invisible, she bears a heavy burden of responsibility for the life of the country's top official. Meanwhile, the old man is waging a war in Afghanistan, has a nuclear button and can take the entire world to the grave with him.
- Runtime
- 1h 54m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Russian
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- Released
- 6 October 2023
- Original title
- Пациент №1
- Country
- Georgia, Russia
- Written by
- Rezo Gigineishvili, Alexander Rodionov
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Patient No. 1 runs 114 minutes (1h 54m).
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Who directed Patient No. 1?
Patient No. 1 (2023) was directed by Rezo Gigineishvili and stars Aleksandr Filippenko, Olga Makeeva, Inna Churikova.