Gadael lenin (Leaving Lenin)

Three teachers and a group of unruly Welsh sixth-form students board the train to St. Petersburg. When the kids retire to their compartments for the night, the teachers stay in the restau rant car. There is obvious tension between them. Suddenly, the restaurant car is separated from the rest of the train. The teachers are left stranded, without money or passports. The kids arrive in St. Petersburg. With no-one to supervise them, they have a riotous time, getting drunk and eating burgers. Absorbing, entertaining and touching, this film reflects the changes brought by the fall of Communism and how they affect the visitors, mirroring their doubts and dilemmas.