In the early 1930s, metro workers, led by teams of writers, were tasked with writing the ‘history of the Moscow metro’ in real time. Based on these writings, some of which remain unpublished, the film recounts the construction of the first lines in the light of this literary utopia.
Festivals
Selected to Festival de Cinéma de Douarnenez et Festival international du film d’histoire de Waterloo
Production & Diffusion
In coproduction with Ethnogeographic Research Foundation (Russia)
Broadcast Arte
Distribution Histoire and SVT (Sweden)
CNC I Procirep-Angoa I Région Bretagne
Programme européen Eurodoc
