프랑스인 작곡가 필립 로빙은 동경에서 파리로 가던 중 모스크바에서 환승할 비행기를 놓치고 우연히 금발의 러시아 미녀 옥산나를 만난다. 옥산나와 모스크바를 배회하며 술에 취한 채 밤을 지샌 필립은 다음날 낯설고 불길한 기운이 감도는 방에서 깨어난다. 그의 옆에는 덩치 큰 사내가 서 있었는데 그는 바로 옥산나의 아버지이자 러시아 마피아의 대부인 파파였다. 필립은 몇번의 탈출을 시도하지만 모두 실패하고 결국 파파의 요구대로 그의 사기극에 동참하기로 한다. 필립은 파파가 지은 직물공장의 프랑스인 투자자 행세를 함으로써 몽고계 거물의 돈을 빼앗는다. 그러나 사기극의 전말이 들통나게 되고, 몽고계 거물은 화해의 대가로 필립의 목숨을 요구한다. 그렇지 않으면 두 파벌사이에 전면전이 일어날 상황에까지 다다른다. 옥산나의 간청에도 불구하고 파파는 필립의 희생으로 간단히 일을 처리하길 원한다. 필립을 사랑하게 된 옥산나는 필립과 함께 다른 나라로 탈출을 시도한다. 천신만고 끝에 프랑스에 도착한 필립과 옥산나는 물랭루즈에서 행복한 밤을 보낸다. 그러나 그들 앞에는 또다시 자신의 영역에서 벗어난 것을 노여워하는 파파의 손길이 뻗쳐오는데...
Andrei's ex-girlfriend Tania (Anzhela Belyanskaya) has been constantly in danger of going to jail since he knew her. Their breakup was not his doing, and he is determined to keep her out of jail. Andrei (Oleg Menshikov) has a notion that, if he can raise enough money, he can smuggle her out of Russia into New York, where all will be well. While Andrei's grasp on reality may be tenuous, his ability to maneuver and scheme is unimpaired. He is a student filmmaker, and the kind of money he needs to save Tania with doesn't grow on trees. He begins raising funds by mugging men at public toilets, and graduates to stealing the drug money accumulated by more serious gangsters. After he has raised the money to accomplish his goal, his girl, the light of his life, confesses that she despises him, and then goes out and gets arrested.
У них - одна внешность, но разные характеры. Им выпала искусительная возможность поменяться местами, то есть "вкусить" чужую жизнь. Но не всегда получается так, как надеешься. И невинная игра может окончиться трагично. Чье же оно - лицо смерти?
In this farcical dark comedy/melodrama, Lena manages to lose her place at college by virtue of throwing a minor hissy-fit when she catches her erstwhile boyfriend in bed with another girl. Instead of penalizing the boy for his behavior, Lena gets stuck with a court appearance and must pay a small fine, in addition to losing a boyfriend, her college career, and an apartment. Lena belongs to a film club which occasionally hands out awards, and the membership of it decides to send her into the Russian hinterlands to hand out an award to an obscure filmmaker. Throughout the film, Lena has been associated with a bizarre con man named Stepanych who, when his cons fall through, comes to her in the distant town she has gone to seeking her help in committing suicide.
A story about a young woman, Vera, who is somebody, living the life of a troubled teenager in the time right before the end of the Soviet Union. She lives in a very small Russian apartment with her mother and father, however being this close to each other makes the living get rough. Their daily life is plagued with massive amounts of alcohol (mainly vodka) and when she tries to escape her home life, she meets up with a boyfriend, Sergei who then moves into her already small apartment after sleeping with her. Every day little Vera has to go through hell just to get by, which even involves her going against her own morals after her father has done something extremely wrong.
