Aleksey Vertinskiy

A conversation with a woman waiting at the stop of a non-existent bus #13 becomes a turning point in the life of all her interlocutors. People "wake up" from the power of stereotypes and false beliefs, and act in accordance with their new understanding. Their stories show that moral choice is not always legal, but legitimate - not always moral. This builds one of the main ideas of the film: "Everyone is entangled with false stereotypes and ideas, but the only true way is to live their lives."

1971, Odessa Film Studio. The KGB studio curator orders a re-edit of just finished movie about the events of Ukraine’s 1920s "civil war" of a young director in line with the Party’s view on the historical events. This re-editing work is entrusted to a young female editor, which consequently realizes she must protect the director’s vision and the safe-guard the truth about her country under Soviet occupation.

러시아혁명 100주년인 2017년을 배경으로 푸틴식 전체주의가 만연한 러시아의 초상을 그리고 있다. 이 장엄한 부조리극은 블랙코미디와 잔혹드라마를 오가며 정형화된 형식을 거부한다.

Napoleon has decided to declare war to the world. When he approaches Moscow, the Russian military tries to outfox him: they send a beautiful woman to Napoleon who is supposed to seduce him, so he will think about making love, not war.

Maria is young and beautiful. Her life resembles a fairy tale, in which the wishes come true if by magic. She has a smart, loving husband. And all that can be bought for money. Maria wants a child but could not bear it. She lives, but does not feel life. She is very unhappy.

Alexandra, a young girl of seventeen, goes to Moscow to study painting and to find love. After a while, however, she discovers that her dreams are not easily reached. She has to leave Moscow, unable to enrol in a college or to meet her beloved. Eventually, her real talent and love will find a way to shine.

One more year is likely to appear in the traditional Eastern horoscope- the Year of the Golden Fish. The film's protagonist, a singing red-haired beauty, Lada Rybka, had decided to fulfil at least three cherished wishes, written on a piece of paper. Everything in her life has gone well - concert tours, a TV recording and love. Lada gathers some ex-classmates for a women's reunion party before her marriage to Vadim. The young ladies talk about life, and Lada persuades teacher Asya, policewoman Masha and business lady Nina, that in life everything is possible - you simply have to know what you want. The friends write their desires on pieces of paper, and Lada promises them that they will come true -- for sure. Except that Fate has already made its own arrangements.

A sickly man places a classified ad in which he offers a huge downtown loft apartment, utilities, food and eventual ownership of the flat with just one proviso: the couple who moves in must love each other so much that they can remain in the flat all day until the old man’s death. If one of them leaves, the deal is off. Enter the pale and auburn-haired Katya, a cellist who meets photographer Roman, a handsomely muscular young man.

Действие разворачивается в замке великого коррехидора Андалусии графа Альмавивы. Повеса-граф, устав от приключений на стороне, решил найти любовницу в своем собственном замке, и обратил свой взор на первую камеристку графини, очаровательную Сюзанну. Внимание графа отнюдь не польстило Сюзанне, готовящейся выйти замуж за графского камердинера Фигаро. Она сообщила своему жениху о настойчивых ухаживаниях Альмавивы. Узнала об этом и графиня. Она решила проучить своего неверного мужа. Был составлен заговор, участником которого, кроме Сюзанны, графини и Фигаро стал паж Керубино…

June 1946: Stalin invites Russian emigres to return to the motherland. It's a trap: when a ship-load from France arrives in Odessa, only a physician and his family are spared execution or prison. He and his French wife (her passport ripped up) are sent to Kiev. She wants to return to France immediately; he knows that they are captives and must watch every step.