The forty-year-old actor, who is going through a difficult divorce, is gaining a course in a theater workshop. Gradually, acting trainings become similar to psychotherapy sessions. One day everything gets out of hand.
The hunt for imperial gold continues. A priceless scepter, a treasure that could secure a worry-free life in sunny Rio de Janeiro for Ibrahim Bender and his young apprentice Ostap, has slipped from under their noses and ended up in possession of Nestor Makhno, an anarchist army commander. Makhno is convinced that the scepter is one of many imperial relics hidden in the area. With mafia, partisans, and officers of the Red and White armies all determined to get their hands on the fabled gold cache, Ostap and his mentor Ibrahim must surpass their own brilliance to outmaneuver their rivals and snatch the prize. And with Ostap’s beloved fair maiden losing her trust in him, he must do everything in his power to win her back and stop her from marrying another man.
Russian Empire, 1919. By a twist of fate, young idealist Osip Zadunaisky meets an infamous con artist and self-proclaimed Turkish subject Ibrahim Bender. A man of pure thought and aristocratic upbringing, Osip would never have associated with a cunning and unscrupulous swindler, but Bender comes up with an offer Osip cannot refuse. A precious royal relic, a diamond-encrusted golden scepter is hidden somewhere in town; Bender needs a partner on his mission to find it, and offers Osip a share of the profit from selling the treasure. And so begins their joint venture, wrought with comical and dangerous twists and turns, where they have to outsmart and outmaneuver officers of the White Guard as well as the local mafia, who also have their eyes on the scepter. As their quest unfolds, Osip is compelled to learn Bender’s tricks of the trade: charming flattery, delicate deception, soft intimidation... as well as brute force.
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꽁꽁 언 상트페테르부르크의 겨울. 스케이트를 타고 배달일을 하던 마트베이는 귀족의 딸과 사랑에 빠진다. 둘을 갈라놓으려는 힘이 폭풍처럼 몰아치는 속에서 남녀는 사랑을 지킬 수 있을 것인가.
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1945년 레닌그라드, 전쟁으로 폐허가 된 도시에서 사람들은 힘겹게 살아간다. 병원에서 간호사로 일하는 ‘이야’ 역시 뇌진탕 증후군으로 갑자기 온몸이 굳어 버리는 병을 견디며 사랑스러운 아들 ‘파슈카’와 소박하지만 행복한 나날을 보내고 있다. 그러던 어느 날 ‘이야’에게 끔찍한 사건이 일어나고, 전쟁에서 지원병으로 일하던 둘도 없는 친구 ‘마샤’가 돌아오자 두 사람만이 알고 있던 비밀이 서서히 드러난다. 두 여인은 서로를 다시 일으키기 위해 희망과 삶의 의미를 찾아 나서는데…
