Mosca addio (1987)
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Liv Ullmann, Daniel Olbrychski, Aurore Clément, Francesca Ciardi
When Soviet authorities deny dissident scientist Ida Nudel permission to emigrate, she is left to fight for Jewish rights alone.
The story
Ida Nudel, a Soviet Jewish dissident scientist, applies to emigrate with her partner, Juli, and her sister, Elena, weary of living under a regime intolerant of Jews. Juli and Elena receive visas, but Ida’s application is denied, leaving her alone in the Soviet Union as she fights for the rights of her people.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
The dissident scientist Ida Nudel, a Soviet Jew, is tired of living under a regime intolerant of Jews and applies for permission to emigrate with her partner, Juli, and her sister, Elena. While the other two are granted visas, hers is denied. Left alone in the Soviet Union, she fights for the rights of her people but is arrested and sentenced to forced labor in Siberia. Subjected to abuse and humiliation, she has her home confiscated and is forced into poverty. Taking refuge in a village near Moscow, she manages to meet secretly with two Western European journalists, who bring her message to the attention of the West.
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