Yaroslav Efremenko

This is a story of a small town girl named Nastya. Her newly married husband Ivan drives her to his hometown to meet his family. Upon their arrival Nastya feels she made a wrong decision: she is surrounded by weird people and she sees creepy photos all around the house. Ivan disappears while his family prepares Nastya for a mysterious traditional Russian wedding ceremony. She struggles to calm herself down hoping all this will end and they will live happily ever after. Only if she stays alive...

Moscow. 1937. Thirteen-year-old Nikita is on the threshold of adolescence. He is full of hopes and dreams, which are interrupted at dawn by an insistent knock at the door. NKVD officers have come for his father. Nikita's parents task him with getting rid of incriminating documents kept at home. Nikita, attempting to carry out this task, comes face to face with the commissar. Now the hero faces a difficult choice: hand over the documents or put up a desperate resistance.

Anya, an exemplary housewife, devoted her life to taking care of her family. Relatives are used to the fact that mom is always alone at home with three children, while dad Sasha disappears at work. One day, offended by her husband's inappropriate antics, Anya decides to leave him with the children and find a job, starting an independent life. It doesn't work out all at once. And at this time, the children, being alone at home, make a real commotion.