Directed by Nina Guseva • 2021 • Russia

The summer of 2019 saw Moscow gripped by protests following attempts to block opposition candidates from standing in local elections. Nearly 3,000 demonstrators were arrested. Nina Guseva’s immersive, gut-wrenching documentary follows one defendant, Konstantin Kotov, and his tireless lawyer Maria Eismont as they attempt to dance on the knife edge of “due process” in Putin’s Russia. The Case provides a vital insight into the byzantine workings of Russia’s judicial system in the years leading up to the invasion of Ukraine, revealing critical steps on the path to the current crisis.

THE CASE • ДЕЛО
Written and directed by Nina Guseva
Cinematography by Nina Guseva
Music by Igor Vdovin

In Russian with English subtitles