Vladimir Pozhidayev

A guy called Harlequin and his company, who call themselves "wolves", live at a stop near the city, where they often go to "relax" - in search of thrills. And they're not just bullies, at least they think they are. They beat metalheads and fascists for ideological reasons, assert their simple order based on a special kind of justice and the right of the strong. In addition, Harlequin himself tries to think about complex universal values and connect them with the way of life he leads. However, he is faced with people who have their own order, not the same as the main character. And then the party life turns into a real tragedy.

A judge is devastated after the death of his wife and is neglectful of his children. His son befriends the children of a street beggar who live in an abandoned, derelict church. After his experience with his new friends, the young boy begins to feel sorry for his father and sympathizes with his loneliness.

Based on the novel by Yuri Skop "Safety Engineering". The action takes place in the early 1980s, in the Arctic, at a mining plant. The long-overdue issue of radical restructuring of production has caused heated debate between the opposing parties. How to ensure the safe work of miners and not reduce labor productivity? There is a conflict between the director and the chief engineer of the enterprise...

In a deserted tundra on the lake, a seaplane makes an emergency landing, on board of which bank collectors carry a large amount of money. A storm begins and the plane relates to the river delta. An unknown person steals money from an airplane and kills a geologist, an accidental witness. And a few days later the ship departs from the northern port for the last navigation voyage, where a recidivist hides among the motley company of passengers, and the captain begins his own investigation...

Andrei Pavlovich Buzykin, que se gana la vida enseñando en un instituto y traduciendo literatura inglesa, está engañando a su mujer. El principal problema de Buzykin es que es un hombre con un débil carácter. Las mentiras que está contando a su mujer son poco convincentes, pero nunca tiene el coraje de decirla la verdad. Su amante, Alla, es consciente de su vida familiar, pero se ofende cuando, por ejemplo, no puede cumplir con ella para no llegar tarde a casa, o cuando no quiere ir a casa con una nueva chaqueta que le da para no tener que dar explicaciones a su esposa. Alla y Nina, la mujer de Andrei, le dejan, le olvidan, y vuelven con él al mismo tiempo, y Andrei continúa con este tipo de vida, llena de sufrimiento y engaño. Finalmente, ambas mujeres son tan alimentadas con sus mentiras que no le creen incluso cuando está diciendo la verdad...

Michail helps out Nicolai and Lubia giving them a ride to a nearby construction site. They will work there to build a new town and factory.