International Disability Film Festival "Breaking Down Barriers"

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13 years ago, right before discharge during the Second Chechen War, 19 year old Roman was lethally wounded in his head. It was a miracle he survived and spent all these years fighting his weakness and desperation, trying to relearn how to live from scratch.

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Автор (Author): Yevgeny Golynkin, Veronika Solovyova
Время (Time): 00:39:00
Страна (Country): Россия (Russia)
Год (Year): 2013

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