Chernobyl: Funeral Feast (1993)

유럽을 여행중인 크리스, 나탈리, 폴, 아만다에게 현지 가이드 유리는 아무나 할 수 없는, 전혀 새로운 여행을 해보는 것이 어떠냐며 체르노빌을 하루 방문해 볼 것을 권한다. 체르노빌은 사상 최악의 원자력 사고로 인해 당시 사람들이 살던 그대로 텅 비어있는 도시. 크리스는 뭔가 꺼림칙하지만 익스트림 관광에 흥분한 폴과 아만다의 등살에 결국 체르노빌을 가고 도시가 주는 특유의 분위기에 본인도 심취한다, 다시 돌아오려던 저녁. 갑자기 차가 시동에 걸리지 않고, 어디선가 그들을 지켜보는 시선이 느껴지는데...

Three decades after the nuclear explosion, almost everything has been said about this ecological and sanitary disaster that made Pripiat a part of History. How did the greatest industrial disaster change the course of History, disrupt global geopolitics and, directly or indirectly, redistribute the balances and power relations of the twentieth century? The world will never be the same again. By retracing the incredible battle waged by the Soviet Union against radiation, this film proposes to retrace and enlighten an extraordinary story, while exploring the historical stakes in the medium and long-term…

Poliske was contaminated with radioactive material after the 1986 Chornobyl disaster. Soviet authorities did everything they could to erase the ancient history of this town, and after Chornobyl, they destroyed its future.

The film marks the occasion of the 800-year anniversary of Chernobyl: an epitaph to the nuclear power station tragedy. Lina Kostenko, the Ukrainian poet, joins former residents on their annual trip to the dead town.