At Botkin Hospital, a pathologist notices signs of smallpox in a young woman named Maria Knyazhinskaya who has died — a disease considered to have been completely eradicated in the Soviet Union. The investigation is assigned to KGB Colonel Shilov, for whom smallpox is not merely a disease but a longtime enemy: 15 years earlier, it claimed the life of his wife Katya. Now Shilov worries about his rebellious daughter Nastya, who constantly resists her father’s overprotection.
The investigation reveals that Knyazhinskaya arrived in the capital from Delhi and, during the flight, spoke with French journalist Nicole Bonnard, who gave her a dress from Christian Dior’s new collection. Shilov searches for the dress to understand how the disease is spreading through the city, and unexpectedly encounters the shadowy side of Soviet life and its secrets. To find out what happens next, watch “Eclipse” online on ivi.
