Kira
Kira is a 30-year-old successful architect living in the illusion of absolute choices while being obsessed with constructing the ideal Moscow. She is used to living life according to her own rules, but she has to face her fear of the future and inability to love. An unexpected tragedy will lead Kira to face her past with her family, start life from the scratch, and become a mother.
In a forest river, hunters find the body of a young singer named Yanka Diaghilev. From that moment on, a confusing chronicle of the last day in the girl's life begins, during which she will travel a long way - from the city to the dacha, and then into the thicket to the river. On this day, Yanka will have time to see and talk with many people, real and imaginary, even with those who are no longer alive. It seems that Yankee's next step is about to shed light on the circumstances of her mysterious death: hopeless love, arguments with loved ones, disagreements with herself, strange meetings with strangers in the forest.
Lisa
Antonina Miliukova is a beautiful and bright young woman, born in the aristocracy of 19th century Russia. She could have anything she'd want, and yet her only obsession is to marry Pyotr Tchaikovsky, with whom she falls in love from the very moment she hears his music. The composer finally accepts this union, but after blaming her for his misfortunes and breakdowns, his attempts to get rid of his wife are brutal. Consumed by her feelings for him, Antonina decides to endure and do whatever it takes to stay with him. Humiliated, disgraced and discarded, she is slowly driven to madness.
Sveta
냉철한 판단과 치밀한 계략으로 명성이 높은 수사반장 이사. 36명의 여성과 아동을 살해하며 소비에트 연방을 충격에 빠트린 연쇄살인범 ’인간백정’을 10년 간의 추척 끝에 체포해낸다. 그러나 체포된 자가 진범이 아니라는 제보가 들어오고, 이사는 새로운 용의자에게 자백을 받아내려고 애쓴다. 일이 마음대로 풀리지 않자, 이사는 자신이 검거한 또 다른 살인범 ‘체스꾼’과 거래해 사건을 해결해보려고 하는데…
A story about attraction and parting, the laws of physics and Gippius’s poetry.
