Soviet Barbara: The Story of Ragnar Kjartansson in Moscow

2023 • Directed by

Gaukur Úlfarsson

Documentary

In December 2021, Icelandic art star Ragnar Kjartansson opens a Russian oligarch’s museum by re-staging the American soap Santa Barbara live. Witness this jaw-dropping avant-garde critique of the Soviet empire play out on the eve of Putin’s brutal invasion of Ukraine.