A parents struggling with their children suddenly get an advise for psychologist - to exchange the kids...
A police detective is going through different adventures while he is stuck in a little boy body.
Orléans is a typical provincial Russian town on the banks of a salt lake called Yarovoye. The town is 'steeped in evil'. But it isn't some great evil. This evil is of a banal and everyday type: Lida the hairdresser has indiscriminate affairs, followed by numerous abortions; Rudik the doctor enjoys an endless supply of women, thanks to his position, neglecting his paralyzed father who lives with him and hoping the old man will die soon; the local officer of the law has no qualms about committing murder; a magician from the local circus might actually be sawing women in half on stage... One day, a mysterious man appears in this quiet backwater town. He goes by the title of the Executor: at least that's what it says on his business card...
Doctor Ruben Mikhaylovich
Igor and Alexandra are 30 -years old lovers.She is a theater production designer.He is an actor.She works hard,he drinks.They cannot leave and cannot get on.This story is about eternal problem of choice and talent to listen to ones heart .About a dangerous illusion of the youth that there is a lot of time to make mistakes and that is too early to make decision,to get married,to give birth to a child.The main characters have to realize that there is no time and there is no rough copy we have to live present moment because tomorrow may never come.
A genuine satiric comedy, based on real conversations - both amusing and sad - overheard by a journalist in one of the most expensive Moscow restaurants. Hilarious and revealing, this is a film about women who choose between affection and money, film producers that don't really know what they're filming, and weary businessmen who sometimes say screw it, down a shot and leave their mother-in-laws to pay the bill. But most of all, it's about true love that favors noisy kitchen floor over gilded fine-dining halls.
Yasir
Sex, alcohol and violence define the people of a city in defeat in this downbeat drama from writer and director Katya Shagalova. As a teenager, Nastia (Yulia Peresild) was the star of a popular television series, but now her career is in decline and her father, an officer in the Russian army, has kicked her out of the house.
Lesha Shultes, a pickpocket, leads the ordinary life of an average urban creature. The only extraordinary thing about Shultes is that he carries a little notebook with him and notes down everything. This minimalist drama of a 'small man' in a metropolis delivers an existential message with a distinct Russian flavour.
Главный герой картины – молодой прожигатель жизни Павел Макаров. Проснувшись после очередной вечеринки, он обнаруживает рядом с собой незнакомую девушку, которая всерьез предлагает жениться на ней, но получает отказ. Дочь местного авторитета, она не привыкла слышать слово «нет». И теперь Макарову грозят серьезные неприятности: ему приходится срочно покинуть родной город. Тогда он соглашается на то, от чего давно отказывался, – служить в армии по контракту...
Marina Gusko grew up in Azerbaijan and considered it her homeland. Became a teacher because in the sixties it was a promising profession. She married Volodya, believing that this is true love. Gave birth to children and hoped that they will have a bright future. She sincerely believed in the Soviet ideals and had no doubt that her life will not disappoint.
A provincial war vet arrives in Moscow and subsequently takes on a gang of bad cops.
The hero of the film is called Schnack, he is not an ordinary guy, and from his company, which leads a rave lifestyle - fashion clubs, girls and continuous parties, he is distinguished by one thing: Schnack is a dreamer. He is constantly surprised and envious of beautiful girls: “How easy it is for them to live and everything succeeds thanks to a charming smile and long legs. That would be ... ". But is it so easy to cover beautiful legs with a miniskirt and not be in bed of bosom friends. And anyway, is it safe to dream when a wizard is nearby looking for another victim to fulfill her cherished desire ...
A few young men are planning a criminal operation based on the action movies they saw.
Shiryai
Segunda parte de la película realizada por Balabanov en 1997. Con el motivo de aparecer en un programa televisivo, Danila Bagrov tiene un encuentro en Moscú con un ex-compañero del ejército durante la guerra de Chechenia. Su viejo amigo le informa de que su hermano gemelo, que se dedica a jugar al hockey profesional en la NHL estadounidense, está sufriendo en sus carnes un expolio de manos del dueño de su equipo, un hombre de negocios de la ciudad de Chicago. Una cadena de acontecimientos conducirá a Danila y a su hermano Viktor a poner rumbo a América para intervenir en el asunto, dispuestos a enfrentarse con quien les impida avanzar en pos de su objetivo.