Child 44

• Crime
• Thriller

Within the suffocating paranoia of 1950s Stalinist Russia, a decorated MGB investigator, stripped of his rank, confronts a chilling anomaly: a series of child murders officially denied by the state. His desperate pursuit of justice, framed against a backdrop of political repression and manufactured confessions, unravels a terrifying conspiracy reaching the highest echelons of the Communist party. The film evokes a pervasive sense of dread, not through overt violence, but through the stark, grey landscapes and the psychological torment of characters caught between loyalty to a tyrannical regime and a burgeoning moral crisis. This isn’t a conventional crime thriller focused on procedural details, but a claustrophobic descent into a system where truth is a casualty and acknowledging evil is itself a subversive act, exploring the insidious ways ideology can corrupt even the most dedicated individuals.