It’s not an easy time to release a film featuring a gay Cold War love story between two members of the Soviet Air Force. On one side of the fence are blockades from countries like Russia that would deem it “gay propaganda,” and thus ban it from screening. And now, following the invasion of Ukraine, there are entities that reject any content centered on Russian characters.
, set for an international release April 29, is walking this political and cultural tightrope. In a recent Zoom from Estonia, star Tom) stresses that the film is in fact a British-Estonian coproduction. But regardless, he finds a blanket ban “extraordinary” because “Russian culture is just so phenomenal. And we can’t just write that off.”
