Scientific research in the secret Soviet Institute has almost ground to a halt in favor of endless booze-ups, quarrels, and debauchery. This routine cannot be broken by esoteric and spiritual experiments and discussions, nor by the appearance of younger scientists. The First Department tirelessly watches over the lives of the Institute's residents, frequently interfering with them. At a point, a group of Komsomol members arrives at the Institute to take part in an experiment into creating a new person. They are enamored with the forbidden science of eugenics, and profess their belief in its principles. They begin to fight against the lifestyle that has become the norm in the Institute.
Scientific research in the secret Soviet Institute has almost ground to a halt in favor of endless booze-ups, quarrels, and debauchery. This routine cannot be broken by esoteric and spiritual experiments and discussions, nor by the appearance of younger scientists. The First Department tirelessly watches over the lives of the Institute's residents, frequently interfering with them. At a point, a group of Komsomol members arrives at the Institute to take part in an experiment into creating a new person. They are enamored with the forbidden science of eugenics, and profess their belief in its principles. They begin to fight against the lifestyle that has become the norm in the Institute.
«The Return of the Prodigal Son» is the first volume from the film (novel) of Anatoli Vassiliev?s «Empire» inside the Dau cycle. The story is about inner kinship, which is much closer than blood, about inevitable betrayal, about almost fatherly love and forgiveness. Cigarettes (papirossa), images from «Faust» and «Don Juan», walks in the Soviet Park of culture... And a terrible, narrow gap inside the brutal regime where you have to be skilled enough to survive... Yes! and they also play gorodki (skittles) with childish passion!
