Documentary

Pentagon

The “Pentagon” is called an emergency house in Novouzensk, Saratov region, Russia, without heating and sewerage. For six months, Andrei Loshak and the film crew watched people who “do not live, but survive.” The documentary series “Pentagon” is a portrait of the poorest residents of Russia, who concluded an unspoken agreement with the state: you don't touch us, and we don't touch you. But then the war began...

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Created By

Andrey Loshak

Status

Ended

Original Name

Пентагон

First Air Date

October 13, 2023

Last Air Date

October 16, 2023

Seasons

1

Episodes

4

Language

Russian

Production Companies

Current Time TV

Networks

The war is going on, and you want to arrange life here
S01E04

The war is going on, and you want to arrange life here

The visit of the public advocate invited by the film crew ends in a complete fiasco: the residents of the Pentagon clearly do not intend to fight for their rights. A drunken firefighter accidentally met in a cafe passes a cruel sentence on Aunt Natasha and her neighbors: "This is a home for those who could not realize themselves." It's hard to argue with this, but who is to blame for this: the people themselves or the government, which left them alone with their troubles and remembers their existence only when fresh cannon fodder is needed?

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