Two-time Oscar nomineee Emily Watson stars in this gripping and critically-acclaimed drama based on the remarkable true story of writer Eugenia Ginzburg.

A college professor and loyal communist party member living comfortably in the Soviet Union, she became a victim of Stalin's infamous purges during his 'Reign of Terror'. Accused of being a terrorist traitor she was sentenced to ten years in one of the toughest Gulag concentration camps in Eastern Siberia. Facing a brutal future in one of the most desolate and unforgiving places on earth, her story became an inspirational testament to the triumph of the human spirit.