A man takes on a harrowing journey of his life while living in a bunker for over 20 years in this visually striking feature film debut from Diana Ringo.

Felix has been living in a bunker for 20 years after an apocalypse destroyed all that he cared about. He writes a journal about life before the event. He lived quite a good life, having met love and spending time with his best friend Kirill. As Felix writes more about the events leading up to the apocalypse, he comes across some revelations that lead him to feeling guilty about the events, including the fact that the woman he loves wanted him to warn everyone. He feels he could have prevented the chaos, but the guilt soon sets in and ultimately, he makes a decision that will even change his life in a way he never imagined.

Finnish-born director Diana Ringo has made a visually stunning film where the viewer is taken on a harrowing journey about a man’s life seen through his eyes. Ringo is definitely a name to look out for as she does it all here. She directed, wrote, produced, lensed, edited, and even did the amazing haunting music of the film. Her feature film debut feels like a virtual experience inside the mind of our protagonist, who talks about his past and present as he lives in a bunker for over two decades.

Anatoliy Belyy churns out a fantastic performance as Felix, the narrator and protagonist of the film. We see him in the bunker writing in a journal. What’s great is that we see various parts of his life pre-apocalypse and a lot of what we see comes from his point of view. We see him in some sort of tug-of-war with his best friend Kirill, played by Aleksandr Obmanov. The two have different points of views and it starts to really affect Felix.

However, there is more when Felix talks about finding love with a mysterious woman he met at a nightclub and sees her as a symbol of hope. It is she who becomes the catalyst about what will eventually happen and wants Felix to announce it. The woman is played by none other than the director herself. We see her at the nightclub dancing then as the film progresses, we see Felix’s point of view of their relationship as he gazes at her on many occasions to the final moment where we see a somber Ringo holding a candle as if she knows what’s about to come in store.

Diana Ringo is a name to look for because Quarantine is a visually stunning look at a very harrowing time for our narrator. The score is very haunting, the performances are great and the final moments are even quite a surprise. A winning feature film debut.

WFG RATING: A

An Aelita Productions film. Director: Diana Ringo. Producers: Diana Ringo and Elena Ringo. Writer: Diana Ringo. Cinematography: Dmitry Strizhevsky, Diana Ringo, Elena Ringo, Andrei Shramko, and Yuri Linkevich. Editing: Diana Ringo.

Cast: Anatoliy Belyy, Aleksandr Obmanov, Diana Ringo.