No Trust. No Fear. Ask Nothing.

The film traces the seemingly lost world of Russian gangsters and prison camp music. Witnesses of the soviet period bring the underground music scene of the 60's and 70's back to life. But is it really a lost world? Why would young hip-hop and folk musicians refer to their mythic ancestors? "Blatnyak means backyard songs you squeeze out of your soul," explains Russia’s iconic punk musician Sergey Shnurov. Songs about gangsters, jail, alcohol and drugs; about love, betrayal and death, and above all about the loss of freedom. Songs of ordinary people, reflecting the difficulties of life in the Soviet Union. Sad and desperate, but also loud and anarchic; a testimony both of perseverance and inner emigration. This film about repressed and forgotten creativity shows how life and identity of the present-day Russians are still influenced by the old saying ‘Nobody is safe from prison and misery’.