Side lined by the state as undesirables, many have led long, hard lives. Old and tearful, one woman recalls her interrogation and arrest. Communism was a creed that demanded a singular fidelity. Her religious devotion branded her as an enemy of the state. The choice was simple: renounce God or suffer the consequences. 'They took me and called me Christ's bride and told me that I did not like the government.'

Another man speaks of a life spent in and out of prison; a lifetime of false accusations and long sentences that inevitably led to a home like this. A depressingly familiar story, it is another glimpse of a life interrupted and lived under the shadow of persecution. This film portrays men and women invariably damaged and often hopelessly institutionalised. They have nowhere else to go, and no understanding of any life apart from this. 'I didn't want to be free. At least in here I could sleep.'