To say life in Vilnius, Lithuania, during Soviet occupation was tense would be an understatement. People were followed and photographed; restaurant dinner plates were bugged to catch potentially illicit conversations; car accidents were staged to waylay people while surveillance equipment was installed in their apartments; and many were detained, interrogated, imprisoned, or worse. Through expertly assembled KGB archival footage, earnest present-day interviews, and cleverly crafted returns-to-the-scene-of-the-crime, directors Maxì Dejoie and Virginija Vareikyté present an acutely compelling contemplation of a “non war” from both sides. We hear from seven former dissidents and KGB officers as they reflect on the divergent paths they chose 40-odd years ago—though some offer vivid details of their experiences while others’ recollections are clouded by time, all of them underscore the complexity of a culture caught between conflicting ideology and regime that, disconcertingly, continues to resonate today.  WFM