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This extraordinary documentary about the Cold War begins on Thanksgiving Day, 1970, on the Atlantic Ocean. A US patrol boat meets a Soviet fishing vessel. Suddenly and unexpectedly, a sailor from the Soviet boat, a Lithuanian man named Simas Kudirka, jumps across the icy water onto the American boat in a frantic bid for freedom. To his horror, and to the outcry of the world media, the Americans return him to the Soviets, who swiftly try him for treason. This incident sets off a series of protests throughout the United States and marks the beginning of a long political battle to save him from Siberian labour camps. Through rare archival footage and a dramatic, first-person re-enactment by the would-be defector, the now 86-year-old Kudirka, we relive a remarkable moment in the curious, dangerous history of the Cold War. Winner of multiple awards at documentary film festivals around the world.&nbsp; --- Ce documentaire extraordinaire sur la Guerre froide commence le jour de l’Action de grâce, en 1970, sur l’océan Atlantique. Un bateau patrouilleur américain croise un navire de pêche soviétique. Soudainement, et sans qu’on ne s’y attende, un marin du navire soviétique, un homme lithuanien du nom de Simas Kudirka, saute et nage dans les eaux glacées jusqu’au bateau américain, en quête désespérée de liberté. À son plus grand désarroi et devant l’indignation des médias du monde, les Américains le renvoient aux Soviétiques, qui ne tardent pas à le poursuivre pour trahison. Cet incident lance une série de protestations d’un bout à l’autre des États-Unis et marque le début d’une longue bataille politique pour le sauver des camps de travail sibériens. Au moyen d’enregistrements rares et d’une reconstitution dramatique à la première personne du transfuge potentiel, Kudirka, maintenant âgé de 86 ans, nous revivons un moment remarquable de la curieuse et dangereuse histoire de la Guerre froide. Récipiendaire de plusieurs prix à des festivals de films documentaires partout au monde.&nbsp;

The Jump

The Jump - Q&A with Director Giedrė Žickytė

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The Jump (Lithuania)

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