While digging one of the many tunnels for the Moscow metro, Soviet workers unearth ruins of a dungeon. The site is closed, the metro tunnel is diverted, and amidst the bustle no one notices the tunnel workers’ foreman pocketing a little ‘souvenir’ – a book-sized frame made of precious...
The fanciful tale of an introverted little girl who grows up believing she has the power to make wishes come true. She must reconcile this belief with reality when, as a young woman, she journeys to Moscow and grapples with love, modernity and materialism.
Three young women living in Moscow found out that their partners are married to other women. Coping with this news at the bar, they decide to seek revenge for each other. When the job is done, it turns out that there are thousands of women caught in the same situation, hurt and cheated on by...
An offended old lady curses a sleazy official so that he can't be bribed. The curse comes true... Now dirty money just burn in his hands. And that's right before the biggest bribe of his life! If the official doesn't get rid of the curse during the next 24 hours, he will face a serious punishment.
Varlam decides to leave his home and life as a peasant in order to be with his beloved one. To get some money, he tries himself as a street fighter and is noticed by an Englishman and an avid gambler Parker. The latter gives him a chance to become a professional soccer player in 1909 Russia. Now,...
Three friends - a police officer from the traffic police Nika, a family man and a marketer Stas and a seller of children's toys Tyomich - decide to arrange a gift for themselves for the New Year: to deal with their bosses, who got them incredibly. They only have 24 hours to plan three perfect...
On 9 May a German comes to Russia to marry the Russian beauty Alena, whom he had met in Berlin. The happy couple goes to the village to meet the bride’s relatives. However, Alena’s former husband Tolya is also on the way there: he has unexpectedly decided to get his wife back. Everything turns...
There is an abandoned little town in the middle of nowhere in Russia - only two lonely old men and recently widowed lady living there. One of the men decides to put an end to his loneliness and offer his hand to the widow. However, the other man is not satisfied with the twist and also offers...
A comedy from the life of scientists. Lyubov Vitalievna, a beauty, head of the laboratory of genetics, having discovered that she has a mutation, thanks to which she gradually turns into a man, due to the lack of real men.
It's a story of 29-year-old top-manager Max who is really sure he is absolutely successful. All his life is around earning and spending money. But one day he meet a girl who is from another, real, world. And his own world starts to crash down.
We are all waiting for something. But when you are young and ambitious, when you are full of energy, and at your feet the whole world and you are ready for real adventures. When the only thing that is really important is money, and preferably a lot of money. Nothing will stop you, and no one will...
This is a story about natural coincidence, the battle against time and overcoming the self for the sake of common good. In this black comedy everyone will recognise themselves.
Simultaneously nihilistic and heartening, Ward No. 6 is based on a story by Chekov, in which a psychiatric doctor becomes a patient in his own asylum. Updated to contemporary Russia, the film is a cocktail of anxieties and riddles, showcasing how easy it is to become what we fear most.
The film speaks about universal themes of love, hate and search for love. The portrait of three women represents these three states. Tanya Neubivko has never been in love but optimistically is searing for it. Her unfortunate and even dangerous encounters with strangers on dates almost got her...
A poignant story tells about a girl who, due to life circumstances, became an orphan, but thanks to her incredible inner strength and belief in her childhood dreams, she was able to become a happy adult woman, find her vocation in creativity, create a family and raise two children.
