One moment she is sitting at the kitchen table with her mother, the next she is in the courtroom, awaiting her sentence. The life of 17-year-old Anya changed overnight in 2018, when she was arrested, along with nine other adolescents, accused of forming an extremist group that was planning to overthrow the government. It’s happening in Russia, the country that is willing to morally annihilate even its youngest, most innocent citizens. Three years later, her mother is still fighting to prove her innocence. 
Despite the very limited freedom of expression, which partially represents both the subject of the film and an obstacle to its actual making, “The New Greatness Case” offers remarkable access to the inner world of this group of teenagers caught in a trap by the secret police and its members who have infiltrated it and fabricated incriminating “evidence.” Furthermore, the film also features an insider’s insight into the court case and brings the reality of repression closer to each one of us – what we see on TV is no longer generic, it now takes on a face of its own, it has hopes and disappointments. (Sorana Stănescu)