Directed by : Michale Boganim <br />Produced by : Les Films du Poisson <br />Genre: Fiction - Runtime: 1 h 48 min <br />French release: 28/03/2012 <br />Production year: 2011 <br /><br />April 26th, 1986. On that day, Anya and Piotr celebrate their marriage. Little Valery and his father Alexei, a physicist at the power station in Chernobyl, plant an apple tree. Nikolai, the forest warden, makes his rounds in the surrounding forests.<br /> Then, an accident occurs at the power station.<br /> Insidiously, the radioactivity transforms nature. The rain is yellow, the trees turn red. Piotr, a volunteer fireman, leaves to extinguish the flames. He never returns. A few days later, the population is evacuated. Alexei, forced to keep silent by the authorities, prefers to disappear.<br /> Ten years later, the deserted Pripyat has become a no man’s land and a bizarre tourist attraction. Anya comes to the Zone every month as a tour guide, while Valery goes there to look for traces of his father. And Nikolai continues to cultivate a poisonous garden.<br /> With the passing of time, will they be able to accept the hope of a new life?<br /><br />More info: http://en.unifrance.org/movie/31691/the-land-of-oblivion
