Unlove. On Putin's Russia in Nine Films

Alexander Rodnyansky analyzes the cultural and public life of Russia in the 2000s to the early 2020s through the example of nine films he produced. According to Rodnyansky, cinema reflects changes in societal moods better than any surveys. In this book, he recalls his professional journey— from '9th Company,' directed by Fyodor Bondarchuk, to Vladimir Bitokov's film 'Mom, I'm Home'—to understand how, against the backdrop of seemingly peaceful and content lives, totalitarian tendencies, fueled by deep ressentiment, boastful militarism, and anti-Western paranoia, took shape in Russia.

Alexander Rodnyansky is a Ukrainian director, producer, and media manager, holder of numerous prestigious awards in the field of cinema, and a member of film academies in various countries around the world.