“…However, in the 1980s and 1990s, growth rates in industrialised countries began to drop; the different types of real and, more importantly, perceived social exclusion once again increased and became socially critical. The economic policy of the EU and its member states has, however, not dealt systematically with the problem of exclusion, instead addressing it only in isolated, individual steps, with the main focus being efficiency and the bolstering of growth. …”

“…It is a turning point in the development of Eduard Zakhariev who from his cynical and socially critical films proceeds to examine the role of love as a motive force of man's striving for freedom.…”