Sergey Trifonov

1899, Noel zamanı St.Petersburg. Başkentin buzla kaplı nehirleri ve kanalları şenlikli etkinliklerle dolup taşıyor. Yeni yüzyılın arifesinde, kaderlerinde buluşmaması gerekenler Matvey ve Alice bir araya geliyor. Onlar farklı dünyalardan insanlarıdır: Tek hazinesi gümüş kaplı patenleri olan bir fenercinin oğlu hırsız Matvey ve zengin bir babanın kızı Alice. Her birinin kendi zor yaşam öyküsü vardır, ancak tesadüfen tanışmış olduklarından hayallerinin peşinde koşarlar.

In the evening, a writer meets a boy crying in the park, who tells him that while playing a game he gave his word of honour to guard a gunpowder storage shed and that he couldn't leave his post. The writer helps the boy to find an honourable way out of the situation.

The life of foreman Ivan Plotnikov has been going downhill for a long time because of his invincible habit of enduring everything. But, by chance finding himself at the Russian bathhouse championship, he learns that this is not a curse at all, but a great talent. Now he will have to fully develop his ability to endure in order to finally believe in himself, regain the respect of his loved ones and compete for the solid cash prize that he so desperately needs.

The sad ride of driver Zarezin and Circus Girl, Bonnie, to deliver a sick circus elephant, Bodhi, to be euthanized, becomes a wondrous journey full of unexpected twists and joyous encounters that changes all three characters, human and elephant, forever.