A Historical Mistake

Mexico 1940 The agent of the Peoples Commissariat of Internal Affairs NKVD Ramon Merkader comes to the house of Leon Trotsky Under a long leather raincoat he hides an ice pick He is here to kill the unsuspecting Russian revolutionary Moscow 2019 The modest honours pupil Yura helps his schoolmate Masha in history They just study Merkaders murder of Trotsky The uninhibited Masha decides to tempt nerdy Yura The director of studies comes into the classroom in the most intense moment Afterwards the school principal calls in the class teacher of Masha and Yura for a talk He considers that such an irresponsible teacher has no place at the school and is set to dismiss her The school bell rings As if by magic the endings of these three stories intertwine giving rise to a new surprising reading of the known events