简介：SixyearsafterMichailGorbachevsettheSovietUniononthepathtodemocracyandeconomicreform,thenationistornapartbyathreedaycoupthatchangesthefutureoftheSovietUnionforever.Ontheeveofthesetumultuousevents,MikhailandDaliaarriveinMoscowtobemarried.She'sLithuanian.He'sRussian,thesonofVladimir,aconservativearmygeneral.Duringthenextthreedays,thelivesoftheyoungcoupleareprofoundlyaffectedbyawarbeingfoughtonseveralfronts:attheRussianParliament,whereMikhailmustdecidetotakeastandandjoinDaliaatthebarricades,andathome,wherehemustopposehisfatherwhoistoofirmlyentrenchedintheSovietsystemtoaccepteitherhisson'smarriagetoaLithuanianortheirreversibleimpactofglasnostonRussia.Withthetriumphofthepro-democracyforcesandMikhail'sdecisiontomakeastandwithhisgeneration,theirconfrontationisinevitable.…