Alyona Babenko

Four stories about human relationships and the difficult choices that people's lives depend on.

After the cremation of his beloved dog, Savva is heartbroken. On his way home, he drops the box on a stenciled inscription on the pavement. Thinking that it is a sign from his dead friend, he calls the number on the inscription. Soon, a prostitute Anya appears on his doorstep. Anya deceives him and steals the box, thinking that it contains jewelry. Savva calls the number again and goes to the address. In the brothel, Savva finds the box, defeats his offenders, but now Anya is in danger. He saves her, she runs after him and asks for forgiveness. Villainous bullets overtake both - but Savva is saved by the box ... And Savva himself must save Anya.

Father Frost decides to quit his profession in order to live for himself in his old age. Having relinquished his powers, he leaves Veliky Ustyug for Moscow, goes on a rampage, finds new friends and falls in love for the first time. Attempts to bring the old man to his senses and return him to his normal life by his family - Mother Winter, Stuzha, Metelitsa and Buran - end in failure. This new stage of his life is recorded by a group of documentary filmmakers, and no one suspects what will happen when Father Frost loses his magical powers...

Retired border guard Sergei Markov, searching for his missing daughter, returns to the border where he served in his youth. To get his daughter back, he must unravel a tangled web of questions and confront the ghosts of the past: crime, revenge, and his own mistakes, which can only be corrected by returning to the beginning—the mountains.

The film is about a generation of brave and beautiful people who did not see the destruction of the revolution and the chaos of the civil war, who dreamed of building a new life in which there would be no place for death, but only incredible love that opens the way for them to great achievements and discoveries. About exploits and glory, betrayal and loyalty of those who were heroes in heaven and on earth. About the time of immense trials that fell on their short but bright lives. About a woman who was the dream and true love of the Soviet Union.

A story about a provincial theater, where the main character is trying to understand his relationships with his wife, colleagues and his own life.

The plot is based on a conversation between two women - an adult and a very young one. Both women are filled with claims against each other. But what is hidden behind this, what relationships connect them? In the dialogue, the woman simultaneously tries to escape from the truth and find the truth.

Masha's son loses a tooth. Masha goes to pawn the ring to get cash and put a thousand rubles under her son’s pillow. Having learned why Masha needs money, the pawnbroker is ready to give the treasured thousand for a baby tooth.

Viktor Ryzhakov takes charge of the Sovremennik theatre after the death of Galina Volchek, who led the troupe for almost half a century and enjoyed absolute authority. For the theatre’s first new production, the new artistic director chooses a play about a family whose members have ceased to understand each other. While working on the play, the director and actors become more and more like the characters in the future production, and find it increasingly difficult to find mutual understanding within their “theatrical family.”

Sasha, Pasha and Lesha meet at a therapy course for men traumatized by women. Yes, there are some, because in the world of strong women, many men have lost themselves. But our heroes do not want to be victims, they decide to "go on the warpath" and restore justice. One problem - they are still slobs.