Aleksandr Ivanov

Dovlatov charts six days in the life of a brilliant, ironic writer who saw far beyond the rigid limits of 70s Soviet Russia. Sergei Dovlatov fought to preserve his own talent and decency with poet and writer Joseph Brodsky, while watching his artist friends got crushed by the iron-willed state machinery.

After his only daughter arrives from Moscow, police officer Dymov has trouble reconnecting with her.

A group Russian soldiers is send to an outpost to guard the area. They pass the day patroulling the area, while being shot at from the forest. They never know if the civillions are hostile or friendly to them.

The film takes place in the office of the head of one of the research institutes. The problem of whether or not to be a Vysotsky concert at the institute’s club is being solved. The management is categorically against it, but all employees have already been notified and are looking forward to the performance of their favorite artist...