This movie is a wild ride, literally, since it mostly takes place on a bus driving really fast. It’s about one Russian-American social worker who gets hung-up between helping his community driving a group of elderly Russians to a funeral or helping the people he’s hired to help.
In its essence, Give Me Liberty is a comedy where the chaos doesn’t stop escalating, but thanks to impeccable character work and excellent acting, it’s a relevant and poignant movie. You will find yourself in the same position as the social worker, trying to decide who needs his help more.
"At once breakneck and tolerant, "Give Me Liberty" manages to be both rousingly Russian and touchingly all-American."
— Anthony Lane
When a riot breaks out in Milwaukee, America's most segregated city, medical transport driver Vic is torn between his promise to get a group of elderly Russians to a funeral and his desire to help Tracy, a young black woman with ALS.
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"Kirill Mikhanovsky's Give Me Liberty is relentless and altogether exhausting-but it's also a joyous, tender blast, a film that's entrancingly generous and democratic."
— Jonathan Romney