Psychotherapist Anna Sergeevna Bochkareva has everything that is considered to be indicators of success and solvency in life. She lectures at the institute, her articles are published in respected scientific publications, she has her own practice and a house in perfect order. But one day the system into which the heroine turned her life is destroyed because of one single meeting. In the charity orphanage where Anna works, a new patient appears - a strange Old Man who has only a few months left to live, and he makes Anna look at many things in a new way - at the events of the past, at the value of human feelings, at repentance and at the meaning of our being...
When winter comes, it is hard for those who try to escape from the colds alone, relying only on themselves. The heroes of one of the most famous folk tales come to this conclusion. The tale became the literary basis of the film. The age-old folk wisdom is embodied here in a simple story.
A murderer is using every possible trick in his efforts to escape from justice. He is extremely crafty in his ways of infiltrating the government. He becomes a politician with growing status and influence and an official immunity from prosecution.
While working in Afghanistan, Soviet journalist Aleksei Rusanov witnesses the spread of a strange disease. He manages to find out that the carriers of the dangerous virus are mosquitoes of a previously unknown species. Aleksei goes to Sindabad and penetrates the secret laboratory of Professor Neli, whose work on the elimination of deadly insects is funded by the CIA...
