Firebird

A forbidden love story set behind the Iron Curtain. 1970s. Behind the Iron Curtain, inside the Soviet Air Force, a forbidden love blossoms. Sergey (19), a solitary conscript, falls in love with Roman (25), a maverick Air Force Academy graduate. The undiminished urgency of their passion throws Roman's career and his relationship with his fiancée Luisa into a spiral. The two men, crippled by a society ruled by fear and devoid of privacy, walk the dangerous line between love and friendship, facing guilt, shame, and the agonies of a love with no future. Their love is real, their story is timeless, their tragedy is universal. 'Roman' is based on a true story.