Belarus: An Ordinary Dictatorship
Belarus: An Ordinary Dictatorship

Movie·2018

Belarus: An Ordinary Dictatorship

Country

France

Language

English

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The Story

Original title: Biélorussie, une dictature ordinaire

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…

Music

Karsten Hochapfel

Editor

Mathieu Goasguen

Themes

demonstrationrevolutioneastern europedictatorshipelectionhuman rightsmissing persondissidentcensorshipeuropean unionpolitical prisonerpolitical repression

Production House

Magnéto Presse
ARTE
RTS

Audience Score

68%

3 votes

Skip10%
Timepass25%
Go for it38%
Perfection27%

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Cast

Alexander Lukashenko

Alexander Lukashenko

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)

Svetlana Zavadskaya

Self

Mikalai Statkevich

Mikalai Statkevich

Self

Barack Obama

Barack Obama

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Marina Adamovich

Marina Adamovich

Self

Maksim Filipovich

Self

Svetlana Alexievich

Svetlana Alexievich

Self

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Crew

Manon Loizeau

Manon Loizeau

Director, Writer

Mathieu Goasguen

Editor

Karsten Hochapfel

Original Music Composer

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