Describes a Soviet detective who spent eight years tracking down a vicious serial killer who killed fifty-two women and children at a remote southern train station between 1982 and 1990. This period coincided with the political and economic changes in the Soviet Union, and the way the police handled cases was constantly changing. As a result, the criminal police investigation encountered unprecedented difficulties, and the identity of the killer became a mystery. To make matters worse, he uncovers a secret government secret during his investigation, and the only person who supports him is Colonel Fitiso, a political strategist
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Citizen X movie plot
2022-06-25 13:08
Extended Reading
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Bukhanovsky: It is embarrassing to see grown men run from their responsibilities. It is like seeing your parents drunk for the first time. They are afraid. To be a psychiatrist in this country is to be an expert on paranoia... whether you meant to be or not.
Burakov: Why aren't you afraid?
Bukhanovsky: I'm sorry, do I look like a man of courage to you? I've always been interested in abnormal psychology, which is a dangerous thing in the Soviet state.
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Burakov: A man is what he fights for.
Fetisov: I don't fight for anything.
Burakov: I know.