The Button (Pugovitsa)

Set in the 1980s during the period of Russia’s “perestroika” and “glasnost”, Aphghanistan is in the middle of a war, which is claiming the lives of hundreds of young men. However, this tragedy is far removed from the life of 18-year old Denis, who is celebrating his recent acceptance into university to study film.

One night Denis meets a mysterious stranger with whom he falls in love. Elizabeth Tenetskaya is a famous film director, talented and ambitious but, as Denis soon finds out, older than himself and married. With his love unrequited, Denis sinks into deep despair. Dropping out of university, he decides to go to Afghanistan and ironically, it is this war-torn country, which is the making of him. Twenty years later, Denis, now a well-respected journalist, cannot forget his first love, however, destiny is about to intervene and bring him and Elizabeth together again.

80-ye gody proshlogo stoletiya. Strana ohvachena «borboj» za «perestrojku» i «glasnost», v Afganistane - razgar vojny, gde sotnyami gibnut vosemnadtsatiletnie malchishki.
Ih rovesnika, Denisa, malo zatragivayut sotsialnye problemy vzbudorazhennoj strany. Novoispechennyj student instituta kinematografii - v ejforii i vinnom hmelyu...Odnazhdy nochyu on stalkivaetsya so strannoj, tainstvennoj neznakomkoj i vlyublyaetsya v nee do bespamyatstva…
Vskore Denis uznaet, chto vozlyublennaya zamuzhem i starshe ego. Elizaveta Tenetskaya - izvestnyj rezhisser, pochti legenda, ona - talantliva i derzka s vlastyu. Na strast Denisa ona otvechaet ledyanym holodom…
Proshlo 20 let… Denis tak i ne stal rezhisserom. Togda, v otchayanii, on brosil uchebu i otpravilsya v Afgan. Blizost smerti sdelala iz nego nastoyaschego muzhchinu, prevratila v uspeshnogo telezhurnalista i publitsista, no ne spasla ot navazhdeniya. Spustya dolgie gody on snova vstrechaet Ee, edinstvennuyu. No sudba gotovit emu novoe ispytanie lyubovyu…

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