Movie Discovery of the Day: Patient No. 1 (2023) by Rezo Gigineishvili

The end of the Soviet empire. The General Secretary lies in the government clinic. He is old and frail, but has a tight grip on power. "The power is only taken, it is never given away," he repeats. And it is convenient for both the elites and the secret services -- while the "body" is alive, various groups are scoring their political points. The General Secretary is "sentenced to life". A young nurse Sasha looks after him. Small, fragile and invisible, she bears a heavy burden of responsibility for the life of the country's top official. Meanwhile, the old man is waging a war in Afghanistan, has a nuclear button and can take the entire world to the grave with him. 5 wins & 7 nominations international film festivals. Link IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt23005858/ Link Review: https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/452630/ About movie: https://www.ifp.ge/films/patient-1 Link to watch: https://pro.festivalscope.com/film/patient-1#