O Clã do Norte dos fabricantes na era da grande matriarca celebra a noite de Ano Novo por várias décadas — do século passado até os dias atuais. A amada noiva do principal herdeiro do clã morre e o caos chega ao território dos Campos do Norte. Os campos apodrecem, porque a jovem falecida acabou por ser um elemento indispensável que desagradou tão injustamente e cedo. No entanto, o Clã do Norte tem uma hora a mais, a 13ª, quando são mais fortes que a morte.
In 1957 French student Pierre Durand comes to Moscow to do an internship at Moscow State University. Here he meets ballerina Kira Galkina and photographer Valera Uspenskiy. With them he discovers the cultural side of Moscow — not just the traditional one, but the underground one as well. During his year in Russia’s capital Pierre lives an entirely different life than what he’s used to. But the internship and the experience of the Soviet people’s way of life are not the only things Pierre is after. He’s searching for his father, White officer Tatishchev, who was arrested in the 1930s.
