Ivan
An old Russian grandmother or "babushka", who took part in the Battle of Stalingrad, sacrificed everything for her children and even sold her house to get money for her grandchildren, is shuttled among those very grandchildren--products of the "new" Russia--none of whom want her to stay with them since she's too much of a "burden" for them.
Forty-year old Alya has been abandoned by her husband and son. Her mother does her best to distract the heroine from her loneliness. However, her clumsy efforts do not help — Alya prefers top escape into the world of her dreams, fantasies and childhood memories.
Three astronauts (two Russians and American) find a very Soviet-alike small town on the fourth planet from Sun.
The protagonist finds out that some children were left behind in a sinking school, and is slowly driven mad as he tries to save them. A parable on the theme of the Last Judgment, numerous catastrophic events reveal a certain ambiguity in their origins, accompanied by the terrible suspicion that the things going on are some kind of a performance or theatrical production.
Un día, la esposa de Andrei, Nina, pide un divorcio, su colega Natasha le dice que se siente atraída por él, le asignaron un nuevo proyecto bajo la dirección de Philip (un desconocido bien vestido, autoritario e incluso arrogante que sigue tocándolo) , y él lucha contra una pandilla de homófobos para proteger a un joven homosexual, Oleg. Al día siguiente, Philip se lleva a Andrei de la oficina en una odisea a un espacio cargado de espiritualidad y homoerotismo. Philip no es un hombre de negocios, y la revelación de quién es realmente obliga a Andrei a tomar una serie de elecciones que involucran a Natasha, Nina, la creencia y el amor.
A love story of two people which turns out into triangle... So the steady family walls do not seem so steady anymore...
A slice of life among Russian intelligentsia on the eve of WWII. A haunting reminder of Stalin's psychotic purge of 1938 and the nightmarish German siege of Leningrad.
Bifur
Adaptación de la famosa novela de Tolkien, con un carácter claramente familiar e infantil. Cuenta con la narración del personaje de Tolkien. Smaug y las arañas son marionetas. No aparecen Elrond, Beorn, elfos ni trolls. Los trasgos y los habitantes de Ciudad del Lago son interpretados por bailarines de la Academia de Opera y Ballet de Leningrado
Pyotr
Chubchik
A high-schooler named Valentin Kuzyayev is invited to appear on a TV show about youth. When he is given a questionnaire, Valentin finds himself unable to answer the simplest questions. To sort himself out, he starts to keep a diary.
