S/S 2022 Capsule

IN AUGUST 1979, THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WITNESSED STRANGE LIGHTS IN THE SKY IN CRIMEA, SOVIET UKRAINE. A YOUNG WOMAN ENCOUNTERS A LIGHT OVERHEAD THAT FOREVER CHANGES HER LIFE. THE WOMAN MAKES CONTACT WITH AN UNKNOWN AND UNEXPLAINED ENTITY THAT CREATES UNCONTROLLABLE MENTAL GLITCHES IN HER THINKING AND PERCEPTION OF HER SURROUNDINGS.

THE WOMAN WAKES UP FORTY YEARS LATER IN AN EMPTY BRIGHTON BEACH CINEMA, WHERE A FILM HAS ENDED AND SHE IS THE ONLY PERSON LEFT IN THE THEATER. WAS IT A DREAM, FILM STORY, OR AN ABDUCTION THAT SHE SUPPRESSED FOR DECADES? SHE REALIZES THAT SHE ONLY HAS MEMORIES OF THE STRANGE LIGHT IN CRIMEA, AND UNEXPLAINABLE ABSTRACT VIGNETTES OF THE COSMOS. EVER SINCE HER RECOVERY FROM HER MEMORY LOSS, THE WOMAN DEVELOPS A FASCINATION WITH ASTRONOMY AND SPACE PROGRAMS, ESPECIALLY THE SOVIET COSMONAUT PROGRAM. WHILE ALSO DELVING DEEP INTO WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED TO HER, SHE HAS DIFFICULTY DIFFERENTIATING THE REAL AND THE NOT REAL. THE WOMAN SIMULTANEOUSLY QUESTIONS THE POSSIBLE AND IMPOSSIBLE HAPPENINGS IN HER NEWFOUND DAY-TO-DAY LIFE.