Synopsis
April 26, 1986 went down in history as the day of the biggest nuclear disaster in human history. Radioactive dust released from the destroyed reactor came across the Europe, and polluted entire countries. Twenty-seven years have passed. Thirty kilometres of Expulsion Zone, organized around 4th reactor still works as a protective shield, closing down heavily contaminated areas from the outside world. Film of Anton Bendarjevskiy and Mark Maczelka shows the Zone, located around the object 'Shelter' (called 'sarcophagus'), people working in the Zone, and the new town of Slavutich, which was built in place of evacuated Pripyat. How did their lives continued after the accident? What is the state of the protective shield around the 4th reactor the 'sarcophagus' now and what is hidden inside?
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