Directed by Herbert Rappaport and based on Dmitri Shostakovich’s operetta Cheryomushki, is a satirical take on the now infamous housing projects built under Nikita Krushchev. Aesthetically, the film is shot in a bright colour scale, exemplifying the hopes of those who are to be rehomed in the Cheryomushki district yet the musical numbers accentuate the film’s inherent satire. Shostakovich pens a satirical work, from his position as a Soviet favourite, furthers the debate around his status as either a genuine ideologue or a secret dissident. Introduced by writer and journalist Owen Hatherley.