The Russian Playground

United Kingdom / Switzerland, August 2020
FILM, Documentary, 60 min.

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directed by
Carlos M. Quintela, Kate Hartnoll
Written by
Kate Hartnoll
Status
In distribution

The Juragua electric nuclear power plant in Cuba was one of the most ambitious projects ever undertaken by the Soviet Union. It was known as “The Project of the Century” and the nuclear city as a kind of paradise, a socialist model city. However, six months before the completion of the project, the Soviet Union collapsed. A state of “temporary paralysis” was declared. A state that still exists today.

L'impianto elettro-nucleare di Juragua, a Cuba, è stato uno dei progetti più ambiziosi mai intrapresi dall'Unione Sovietica. Era conosciuto come "Il progetto del secolo" e la città nucleare come una sorta di paradiso, una città socialista modello. Ma sei mesi prima che il progetto fosse completato, l'Unione Sovietica è crollata. È stato dichiarato uno stato di "paralisi temporanea". Uno stato, che dura ancora oggi.

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World Premiere
August 2020
Original Version
Italian, English, Spanish,  colour, ProRes 422, 60 min.
Production
Seven Sisters Films, ventura film sa, RSI Radiotelevisione svizzera
Producer
Andres Pfaeffli, Afsun M. Nezhad, Elda Guidinetti, Silvana Bezzola Rigolini
directed by
Carlos M. Quintela, Kate Hartnoll
Written by
Kate Hartnoll
Cinemato­graphy
Javier Labrador
Editing
Adriana Fernandez
Location Sound Mix
Ariel Novo
Sound Design
Sergio Fernandez Borras
Re-Recording Mix
Ariel Novo

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