Premiere of the film "Madly in Dissent" 30 November 2023

Premiere of the film "Madly in Dissent", 2023.

FILM about Viktor Fainberg, a participant in the demonstration on Red Square against the USSR invasion of Czechoslovakia.

The presentation of the film is attended by V. Fainberg’s daughter, Sarah Fainberg, Israel, and the film’s directors, Kirill & Ksenia Sakharnov, Poland.

Brief synopsis of the film:

One man against the totalitarian state: On August 25, 1968, Victor Fainberg (who died in France in January 2023) took part in the legendary demonstration on Red Square against the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia. For this act, he was subjected to the most brutal repressions in the USSR: punitive psychiatry. But instead of falling into despair, he managed from his prison cell to organize an international campaign against the use of psychiatry for political purposes.

Directing: Kirill and Ksenia Sakharnov

Production: Czech Republic - Israel, 2023

There are subtitles in English and Hebrew.