A chronicle of the life of an illiterate Russian peasant woman between 1909 and 1921, focusing on her private life and major historic events in the country.
In the autumn of 1942, a major railway sabotage took place in the frontline area: undermining the Soviet military echelon carrying equipment and soldiers to the front. The instant reaction of the NKVD and military counterintelligence gives its results.
A detective investigating the murder of a rich widow stumbles into a dangerous supernatural struggle between the woman's physician and her violent, seductive doppelgänger.
An adaptation of Jesus' life, the film mixes real and imaginary characters, biblical and historical references, to present two worlds condemned to coexist.
