Children of the Sun takes place on the estate of the Protasov family: Yelena, a self-proclaimed philanthropist, dreams of paving the road to a New Russia with art and beauty; Pavel, her geneticist husband, is on the brink of a scientific discovery that could change the very structure of human beings; and his sister, Liza, afflicted with manic episodes and sheltered from the world, longs for a chance to make an impact with her compassion.
Outside their doors, a shooting in Moscow sparks workers’ riots while a mysterious and lethal sickness suddenly sweeps through the town nearby. But inside, the Protasovs and their friends celebrate the dawn of a new day, full of beauty and discovery, as the violent revolution inches ever closer to their door.
With clear echoes of our current political discourse and fractured society, this strikingly contemporary adaptation is a savagely funny and blistering look at class, contagion, capitalism and identity.