Chernobyl

Alexey Karpushin is an ordinary young Soviet guy, a firefighter in Pripyat, who for the first time begins making plans longer than just a weekend or a vacation—he falls in love with a hairdresser, Olya. They had a relationship before, but Alexey missed his chance then. Now Olya has a little son, Lesha, but Alexey is determined never to repeat his old mistakes: he confesses his feelings to Olya, and they plan to move to the sea together. The Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident threatens Alexey’s dream and the lives of everyone he cares about. The reactor explosion threatens the lives of not only the thousands of people in the radi...