Belarus: An Ordinary Dictatorship (2018)

Directed by Manon LoizeauDocumentary

It’s the last dictatorship of Europe, caught in a Soviet time-warp, where the secret police is still called the KGB and the president rules by fear. Disappearances, political assassinations, waves of repression and mass arrests are all regular occurances. But while half of Belarus moves closer to Russia, the other half is trying to resist…

Year
2018
Country
FR
Language
French
Release date
18 March 2018
TMDB
6.8 (3)
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Alexander Lukashenka
Alexander Lukashenka
Self (archive footage)
Aleś Bialacki
Aleś Bialacki
Self
Natalia Pinchuk
Natalia Pinchuk
Self
Boris Yeltsin
Boris Yeltsin
Self (archive footage)
Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Putin
Self (archive footage)
S
Svetlana Zavadskaya
Self
Mikalai Statkevich
Mikalai Statkevich
Self
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Marina Adamovich
Marina Adamovich
Self
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Maksim Filipovich
Self
Svetlana Alexievich
Svetlana Alexievich
Self

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