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The Dissidents

Sangarid

2017

In drab 1980s Soviet-era Estonia, three restless young men dreaming of Western freedom pull off a daring escape to Sweden, only to discover the free world is not the paradise they imagined. A wry, bittersweet comedy based on true events.

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