EPISODE 1

The Cuban missile crisis

An episode from the series THE OPTIMISTS - SEASON 2

Synopsis

The Cuban missile crisis is in full swing. The USSR–USA relationship is at its tensest.

While on a mission in New-York, Dmitry Nesterov, a spy star, falls in love with an American woman but their passionate love affair is interrupted when Dimitry is urgently sent back to the Foreign Ministry in Moscow.

Together with young diplomats, he ends up in the thick of things because of the ballistic missile deployment in Cuba.