The story of the teacher Lisa, who was in a family of children named Vanya, without parents, because he got into the group from the orphanage according to a special program. The new year is approaching, and Lisa decides to help Vanya take part in the New Year's party.
It is a story about the Soviet worker Pyotr and the German engineer Hans, who came to the USSR before the war on a business trip. At a Soviet plant the German team works in cooperation with Russian specialists. Once Hans makes a mistake which causes the explosion of the furnace and human losses. Hans finds himself at the mercy of Pyotr, the only witness to his actions near the furnace. Pyotr also depends on Hans, because Pyotr’s very presence near the furnace entails accusation of subversive actions and a death sentence. Mutual suspicion gives way to silent sympathy and later friendship. They even look like each other, both have small children. Pyotr secretly leaves the town with his family but Hans feels loss rather that relief at the disappearance of the embarrassing witness.
The film is a journey through the amazing life of Alekseyev. He drank tea with Tarkovsky, got into the KGB because of Gagarin, competed with Kalashnikov and Vysotsky. One day, he will learn more about himself than he knew and could have imagined: about his talent, about the mark that he left in the destinies of other people. You can live your life again if someone loves you.
Dima Nikitin é um encanador simples e honesto que trabalha em uma pequena cidade russa. Exceto por sua integridade incomum, nada o faz se destacar da multidão, até que uma noite, em um dormitório ocupado principalmente por bêbados e marginais, os canos estouram, colocando em risco os ocupantesrús. Todo mundo precisa ser imediatamente evacuado, mas ninguém se importa. Nikitin, então, parte em uma odisséia durante toda a noite para combater um sistema de burocratas corruptos e tentar resolver o problema do dormitório.
