The story of the teacher Lisa, who was in a family of children named Vanya, without parents, because he got into the group from the orphanage according to a special program. The new year is approaching, and Lisa decides to help Vanya take part in the New Year's party.
It is a story about the Soviet worker Pyotr and the German engineer Hans, who came to the USSR before the war on a business trip. At a Soviet plant the German team works in cooperation with Russian specialists. Once Hans makes a mistake which causes the explosion of the furnace and human losses. Hans finds himself at the mercy of Pyotr, the only witness to his actions near the furnace. Pyotr also depends on Hans, because Pyotr’s very presence near the furnace entails accusation of subversive actions and a death sentence. Mutual suspicion gives way to silent sympathy and later friendship. They even look like each other, both have small children. Pyotr secretly leaves the town with his family but Hans feels loss rather that relief at the disappearance of the embarrassing witness.
A veces sabemos menos acerca del pasado que del futuro. Alekseev, un viejo solitario, descubre, inesperadamente, que no ha vivido la vida que él pensaba que tenía, y se encuentra a sí mismo como una persona completamente diferente…
Dima Nikitin, es un sencillo y honesto padre de familia que trabaja como fontanero para pagarse los costes de la universidad. Un hombre aparentemente “normal” que decide seguir a su propia conciencia, a su propia sed de integridad, a pesar de las dificultades y la corrupción de un mundo actualmente a la deriva. (FILMAFFINITY)
