Alla Sigalova

Summer 1991. The last days of the Soviet Empire. Dark clouds gathered over Moscow as the Soviet government prepared to turn back the clock of history. While the world focused on the crashing Soviet Empire, this film focuses on the people who would've been among the first to suffer repression - the women and men who have broken sexual taboos in a consummate act of liberation against a rigid, crippled world. This is a view from their vantage point, unveiling the shadow-side of Soviet culture in the wake of the revolution, where the real provocative nudity is the nakedness of the soul.

The legendary love story of Ferhat and Sirin.

An orphan, left at a children’s home in a cardboard box, was named Anton Pavlovich Chekhov because he was born on the 100th anniversary of the great writer. When he was thirteen, he wrote his first poem. But Anton’s talents did not end there…

Platon Smolyak, the director of the industrial complex, decides to begin land restoration work following an accident at the quarry, but he faces resistance from members of the city party committee bureau. The workers support him, arguing that the cause was a shift in the soil rather than any failure on his part. Zhulai calls for a thorough analysis of the situation before a decision is made.

A woman's life can become the embodiment of dance, taking into account her own internal rhythm and needs. For me, of course, dance is life.

This film combines three stories about love, evil and lust for power.

In the past, Soviet prima ballerina and now world-renowned choreographer Ruta Myers returns to the country after almost 40 years to stage a performance at the country's main ballet theater. Ruta is forced to rebuild relationships with friends and enemies, who have become key people in the Russian ballet over the past time, but most importantly — with the artistic director of the theater Andrei Pronin and his family. They were once a couple, and now old feelings and old resentments flare up with renewed vigor. A lot of money, ambitions, and a career are at stake — Ruta, despite all her efforts, finds herself in the epicenter of passions and intrigues very far from the world of art.

Due to his unbearable nature, star chef Mark is thrown out of a top metropolitan restaurant. Moreover, now no one from the restaurant business wants to do business with him. The only way out is to open your own place with a novice chef, whom Mark has known for the first day, and put all this metropolitan tinsel under your belt.

The brilliant cashier Alexey Voronov goes on the run. Fearing persecution, he decides to plant a "drop" instead of himself, Yura Afanasyev, a provincial loser, like two drops of water similar to Voronov himself. However, the ideal plan gets out of control: Voronov gets shot in the head, and Afanasyev is saved by Alexei's guards, mistaking him for his boss.