La Terre outragée

Le 26 avril 1986, Pripiat, à côté de Tchernobyl. Ce jour-là, Anya et Piotr célèbrent leur mariage; le petit Valéry et son père Alexeï, physicien à la centrale voisine de Tchernobyl, plantent un pommier; Nikolaï, garde forestier, fait sa tournée dans a forêt proche. C‘est alors qu‘un accident se produit à la centrale. Insidieusement, la radioactivité transforme la nature. La pluie est jaune, les arbres rouges. Piotr, pompier volontaire parti éteindre l‘incendie, ne reviendra plus.

Quelques jours plus tard, les populations sont évacuées. Alexeï, condamné au silence par les autorités, préfère disparaître. Dix ans plus tard, Pripiat, déserté, est devenu un no man‘s land - et un étrange lieu de tourisme ! Anya se rend tous les mois dans la Zone en tant que guide, tandis que Valéry part y chercher les traces de son père. Nikolaï, lui,persiste à cultiver son jardin empoisonné...

25 aprile 1986, Anya e Piotr festeggiano il loro matrimonio. Un'esplosione nella vicina centrale nucleare di Chernobyl scuote la comunità che, ignara dei pericoli, viene sfollata solo dopo quattro giorni. Dieci anni dopo, Anya ritorna in quei luoghi deserti come accompagnatrice di visite guidate.

April 26th, 1986. On that day, Anya and Piotr celebrate their marriage. Little Valery and his father Alexei, a physicist at the power station in Chernobyl, plant an apple tree. Nikolai, the forest warden, makes his rounds in the surrounding forests.

Then, an accident occurs at the power station. Insidiously, the radioactivity transforms nature. The rain is yellow, the trees turn red. Piotr, a volunteer fireman, leaves to extinguish the flames. He never returns. A few days later, the population is evacuated. Alexei, forced to keep silent by the authorities, prefers to disappear.

Ten years later, the deserted Pripiat has become a no man’s land and a bizarre tourist attraction. Anya comes to the Zone every month as a tour guide, while Valery goes there to look for traces of his father. And Nikolai continues to cultivate a poisonous garden.

With the passing of time, will they be able to accept the hope of a new life?