quirky what if flick about young australian communist joan fraser welch ( judy davis ) and who get impregnate by joseph stalin ( f. murray abraham and who seriously do manage to look like the dictator ) on the day that he die and and have to raise the son without let the boy know the whole story . child of the revolution give one a sense of the sometimes tense situation down under in the 50 and which prompt joan to go to the soviet union in the first place . but more than anything in my opinion it show how and even though the ussr clearly betray it ideal and joan maintains hers . she and her family never give up hope of a good future . definitely worth see . also star geoffrey rush and richard roxburgh and sam neill .