Belarus: An Ordinary Dictatorship

It’s the last dictatorship of Europe, caught in a Soviet time-warp, where the secret police is still called the KGB and the president rules by fear. Disappearances, political assassinations, waves of repression and mass arrests are all regular occurances. But while half of Belarus moves closer to Russia, the other half is trying to resist…
Cast

Alexander Lukashenko
Self (archive footage)

Aleś Bialacki
Self

Natalia Pinchuk
Self

Boris Yeltsin
Self (archive footage)

Vladimir Putin
Self (archive footage)
Svetlana Zavadskaya
Self

Mikalai Statkevich
Self

Barack Obama
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Marina Adamovich
Self
Maksim Filipovich
Self

Svetlana Alexievich
Self
Crew
Magali Bertholet
Documentation & Support

Manon Loizeau
Director, Writer
Mathieu Goasguen
Editor
Antonella Bevenja
Additional Editing
Stéphane Rossi
Cinematography
Barbara Conforti
Cinematography, Line Producer
Laurent Stoop
Cinematography
Sacha Savic
Color Grading
Anne Laurin
Sound Recordist
Thomas Rozès
Sound Recordist
Karsten Hochapfel
Original Music Composer
Frédérique Pittau
Production Manager
Bruno Lagoarde
Mix Technician
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