A cinematographic prediction and warning in the form of the disaster movie, a film about a social disaster. The protagonist, a well-known TV reporter called Korneev, is closely involved with the topical subjects he covers. He works hard for an independent TV station and is always making reports and items about the serious problems he sees around him. He reports on self-immolations with political motives on Red Square, films erotic shows, provides an account of the hunger strike by a homosexual or attends an ‘ordinary’ fight between drunkards with fatal consequences.Suddenly Korneev stumbles across a unique document: the scenario for a coup d’etat formulated by high-ranking Soviet generals.Snezhkin made his prophetic and warning film before last summer’s coup.
