In a bleak and oppressive totalitarian society ruled by Big Brother, personal freedoms are nonexistent and surveillance is constant. Art is mocked and destroyed, and imagination is considered a serious illness. In this grim world, a brilliant mathematician engages in a forbidden romance with a colleague and learns about a secret resistance. He is faced with a choice - to join or betray it.
Five unusual short stories in the almanac from Russian directors. Horror about the mystical school from Alexander Domogarov, Jr. (“Let the children go”). Erotic thriller "Ear Ring" with Lukerya Ilyashenko. Black comedy about the forest walk of two friends "Mushrooms and fish." Witty kinonovella "Che" on a spontaneous trip to St. Petersburg. The post-New Year story with Olga Sutulova and Marina Vasilyeva about finding the missing guy named Kostik.
A strict elderly teacher suddenly begins to seem (or not to appear?) That the students in her class are no longer children, but terrible monsters, pursuing their mysterious goals.
Kostya is 23. He is an underground railway driver’s assistant. One day the doctor says that Kostya has the heart disease: he can die any moment… Kostya decides not to tell anybody about his disease. He tries to live the same way as he lived before his illness was diagnosed. But he keeps thinking about the meaning of life.
