Film about Chernobyl disaster to debut at Berlinale

MOSCOW. January 19. KAZINFORM Alexander Mindadze's new film about the 1986 Chernobyl disaster will get its world premiere at next month's Berlin Film Festival.

V subbotu (Innocent Saturday) is a story of a Communist Party official, who is looking for his loved one to try to escape the aftermath of the world's worst nuclear accident in April 1986.

The $3-million picture starring Anton Shagin of Valery Todorovsky's Stilyagi (Dandies) fame was coproduced by Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian and German companies.

The festival runs from February 10-20, Kazinform refers to RIA Novosti. To read more see www.en.rian.ru