錘子與鐮刀1994
Serp i molot / Срп и Чекић
This is an interesting yet bizarre little tale of a fictional (as far as I know,anyway) experiment performed during the Stalin-controlled years in the USSR.The main character is changed from a woman into a man.This is part of a larger plan to change more women into men and have a stronger work-force/army,etc.It's a very in-depth character study of the main character,who tries to fit into a world that she (now 'he') doesn't really understand,especially since she's now a man...Stalin dislikes the results of the experiments and has the scientist killed.The main character then goes off to live a life as a simple,unknown everyday Soviet,but is inexplicably drawn into larger and larger schemes (somewhat reminiscent of "Forrest Gump" in that way).(s)He has run-ins with different important characters,including his ex-boyfriend from his days of being a woman,as well as going on a demented quest for the nurse with whom he possibly fell in love after the operation...However,he is trapped in his life as an important Soviet married man,and in the end makes a huge sacrifice for his country (unwillingly),and the movie goes from there to an ending that is possibly happy,yet still somehow incredibly depressing.
