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Minsk, Belarus, the evening of August 9th, 2020.
2020年8月9日晚，白俄罗斯明斯克。
Massive unrest erupted in the capital as people took to the streets to protest what they believed to be fraudulent presidential election results.
当人们走上街头抗议他们认为存在舞弊的总统选举结果时，首都爆发了大规模的骚乱。
What happened next shattered lives and is the focus of a new film by Russian director Boris Gouts.
接下来发生的事情打乱了人们的生活，也成为了俄罗斯导演鲍里斯·古斯(Boris Gouts)一部新电影的焦点。
I was following what was going on through telegram and I was on the one hand deeply touched and on the other hand horrified.
我通过电报关注着正在发生的事情，一方面我深受感动，另一方面又感到恐惧。
But I immediately realized what people were filming was perfect to document these events and tell the story of peaceful people whose life is turning upside down.
但我很快意识到，人们拍摄的内容是记录这些事件的最佳素材，并讲述那些生活被颠倒的和平人士的故事。
Authorities rounded up and arrested protesters many of whom allege they were tortured.
当局围捕并逮捕了抗议者，其中许多人声称自己受到了酷刑。
It took Gouts six weeks to write a movie script about that period but filming was delayed by financial constraints.
古斯花了六周的时间写了一个关于那段时期的电影剧本，但由于资金紧张，拍摄被推迟了。
That's when Belarussian political analyst Vitali Shkliarov offered to help.
这时，白俄罗斯政治分析家维塔利·什克里亚罗夫提出要提供帮助。
Shkliarov confessed he couldn't read the script in one sitting as it dredged up painful memories.
什克里亚罗夫承认他无法一口气读完剧本，因为这些内容勾起了他痛苦的回忆。
He had spent three months in a Belarusian detention facility in the summer of 2020 having been arrested before the elections as an opposition member.
2020年夏天，他作为反对派成员在选举前被捕，并在白俄罗斯的拘留所里待了三个月。
U.S and European diplomats eventually helped secure his release.
美国和欧洲外交官最终帮助他获释。
This film is my way to say thank you to all those people who helped me and I pray that they keep helping others like I plan on doing.
这部电影是我向所有帮助过我的人表示感谢的方式，我祈祷他们能像我打算的一样继续去帮助其他人。
Shkliarov described to Gouts in detail what happened behind closed doors at BellaRussian government facilities and how political detainees were treated.
什克里亚罗夫向古斯详细描述了在俄罗斯政府设施内发生的幕后事件，以及他们对待政治犯的方式。
Gouts who lives in Moscow says for him making this film was never in doubt.
住在莫斯科的古斯说，对于他来说，制作这部电影他毫不犹豫。
When it happened in august 2020 in Minsk, in other cities in Belarus, I didn't hesitate.
2020年8月，当这件事发生在明斯克，以及白俄罗斯的其他城市时，我没有犹豫。
I just couldn't keep silent. I couldn't not make a film.
我不能保持沉默。我必须拍一部电影。
The movie that's 90 minutes long was filmed in a single shot in Tallinn, Estonia.
这部长达90分钟的电影是在爱沙尼亚的塔林拍摄的。
Part of the shooting process was sponsored by the Estonian Film Institute.
拍摄过程的一部分是由爱沙尼亚电影研究所赞助的。
We received financial help, access to shooting locations and full support from the Estonian authorities.
我们得到了财政援助，可以进入拍摄地点，并得到了爱沙尼亚当局的全力支持。
We had difficult scenes with police officers, the military blocked roads.
我们和警察发生了争执，军队封锁了道路。
Most of the actors are Russian but Estonian and Belarusian actors also took part.
大多数演员是俄罗斯人，但也有爱沙尼亚人和白俄罗斯人参加。
Gouts says a number of Belarusian actors refused to get paid saying it was personally important to them to take part in the project but asked not to have their names listed in the credits.
古斯说，一些白俄罗斯演员拒绝拿片酬，称参与这个项目对他们个人很重要，但要求不要把他们的名字列在演员名单上。
