The movie has a really interesting topic. And while I cannot vouch how accurate it portrays what happened and if it is "historically" correct (it's not that long ago, so it feels weird to call it historic), I can tell you, it could have used some spice.

Zaterdag 26 april, 1986. We volgen de eerste zesendertig uren na de ramp in de kernreactor van Tsjernobyl door de ogen van Valery, een jonge communistische partijofficier. Terwijl buiten de zon ...

Saturday, 26 April 1986. A reactor tower at Chernobyl power station has exploded. The party heads play things down but Valery Kabysh, sometime drummer and now a faithful young party official has seen the panic written on the faces of those in charge and senses that every second counts.

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On a sunny Saturday in April 1986, the Chernobyl nuclear power plant exploded. In the town of Pripyat, just outside the Chernobyl zone, weekend activities continue as per usual.

Innocent Saturday is the second film, after Soar (2007), directed by Aleksandr Mindadze, who is better known for his screenwriting career and his long collaboration with director, Vadim Abdrashitov. As in his directorial debut, the narrative of Innocent Saturday is set by a single traumatic event—the Chernobyl nuclear meltdown in April 1986 ...

Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars V Subbotu (Innocent Saturday) is a hyperactive and claustrophobic drama about the plight of an individual following the Chernobyl disaster in April of 1986.Valerij (played by the brilliantly named Anton Shagin) is a loyal Communist party member and worker at the ill-fated nuclear power station who happens to be present on the night things take a turn for the very bad ...

The movie has a really interesting topic. And while I cannot vouch how accurate it portrays what happened and if it is "historically" correct (it's not that long ago, so it feels weird to call it historic), I can tell you, it could have used some spice.

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Alexander Mindadze gives us a quick look at the story of his feature film, with Olivier of Sands Films introducing the venue beforehand.