A moving reconstruction of the last 23 days of the life of Alexander Litvinenko - a man who tried to solve the mystery of his own murder. Alexander Litvinenko was a former Russian agent who worked for the KGB and FSB. In 2000, he emigrated to Great Britain, where he was granted asylum and later British citizenship. In early November 2006, he was poisoned with radioactive polonium and died three weeks later. In his latest statement, he blamed Russian President Vladimir Putin for his death. But what happened between the day Litvinenko entered the Millennium Hotel and the day the doctors pronounced him dead...? Here is a mosaic of events from the last twenty-three days of Litvinenko's life. Doctors looking for a diagnosis, detectives looking for a killer, Sasha looking for justice and Marina looking for love. The journey from the world of the living to the world of shadows begins. An emotional and impressive tale of a withering body and a disappearing mind.
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