Synopsis
In the minds of countless Russians who came of age during the fall of the Soviet Union, the radical lyrics and self-made visceral sound of the cult Siberian band Grazdanskaya Oborona (Civil Defense, aka GrOb), and its visionary leader Yegor Letov, have come to embody the apocalyptic spirit of those heady days. Thirty years later, Letov’s legacy resonates strongly as ever. Defiantly refusing to provide explanation or commentary and taking select life events from the 1970s to 1991 (Letov died in 2008) as a conditional plot of the film, his story is consciously narrated as a myth. In its highest points it becomes a parable of what it’s like to ‘be in a band’ and what is sacred about music, while on another level, this ‘official’ film is more significant for what it conceals.
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