Four stories about human relationships and the difficult choices that people's lives depend on.
As a child, Ruslan and his mother often accompanied his father, a professional gambler and cardsharper, on trips to sanatoriums, where he used his wife and son as a distraction to rob other card players. Over time, Ruslan's father gained a foothold in the gangster environment. One day, he and his family are invited to a luxurious gangster wedding, where 9-year-old Ruslan falls in love with a girl whom he considers his future bride. Ten years later, when the 1990's arrived, Ruslan still cannot forget his love, and together with his friends he gets caught up in the whirlpool of criminal life...
Mysterious murders of girls from dysfunctional families take place in a small town. Investigator Demidov, who is investigating this case, vows to find the maniac, since he himself has two daughters. However, after some time, he discovers that the maniac is much closer to his family than it could have been assumed.
A young sex worker from Brooklyn gets her chance at a Cinderella story when she meets and impulsively marries the son of an oligarch. Once the news reaches Russia, her fairytale is threatened as his parents set out to get the marriage annulled.
Yug Kipen is a tight—lipped, modest boy raised by his grandmother. Yug's mother died when he was three years old, and he never saw his father. Everything changes when, on his 14th birthday, Yug discovers the money his father sent in his grandmother's closet. From this moment begins the story of the great journey of the South in search of his father. Potential fathers are scattered all over Russia. The South will have to cross the whole country to meet everyone. He will visit the most beautiful corners of our country, and of course, he will see the main attraction of Russia — people! It is not easy for a 14-year-old teenager to make such a journey, in principle, and even more difficult for the South, because he has a bunch of phobias that he will have to overcome every time.
A small northern town with a secret military facility nearby. There is an ordinary school, hospital and shop here, but any visitor will feel something strange. A girl named Alice lives in this city. She has problems with her mother and at school, and she also has terrible dreams that predict the future. Alice dreams of running away from home with her only friend. But is it possible to get out of a city that has never let anyone go?
Single mother Maria lives with her son and daughter in a science city, which is being prepared for liquidation. She believes that her physicist husband, who disappeared six years ago during a scientific experiment, is somewhere nearby — just in another dimension. A former colleague of her husband arrives in the city in search of the missing person's records, and Maria has a boyfriend-trucker Stas, ready to take her away with her children and start a new life together. Faced with a choice, a woman can not decide to leave her invisible husband.
A drama about a 15-year-old teenager Maxim, who obsessively watches his father's mistress. Maxim wants to kill her, not realizing that this only complicates the situation.
The director from the” old guard " comes to the film studio to discuss the shooting of his film. A whole squad of new tolerant producers, imposed by the censored film critics, is waiting for him in the office. Their main task is to turn the film about ordinary guys and traditional values conceived by Kostya upside down. The comments mainly relate to racial and gender issues, according to the agenda... Kostya is shocked: does talent and human qualities now mean nothing for the selection of actors and the film crew? The producers continue to press Kostya, then he loses his temper in the literal and figurative sense of the word…
Investigator Sergei Smirnov, must return to the city of his childhood to investigate some high-profile murders. In Crystal city, there is a maniacal pedophile on the loose. Not only does he torture and kill children, he does it in a devious, brutal way. Sergei is the best in his field, so he entrusted with the investigation. Sergei has a complex character; the hero has obviously been through a lot, and his most terrible secrets are buried here, in Crystal city, where Sergei was born and raised.
Darya Nikolaevna Ekamasova (Russian: Дарья Николаевна Екамасова; born 20 May 1984) is a Russian theater and film actress. Her film credits include Once Upon a Time There Lived a Simple Woman (2011), Free Floating (2006) and Celestial Wives of the Meadow Mari (2012). She was also featured in the television mini-series Kuprin. Yama (2014). In the fifth and sixth seasons of The Americans (2017-2018), she plays the role of Sofia Kovalenko. Ekamasova was born in Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. After music school she attended the Russian University of Theatre Arts (Workshop Aleksandr Porokhovschikov). Ekamasova made her debut in Vladimir Ageev's play "Captive Spirits" as Lyubochka Mendeleeva (Playwright and Director Center n/p A. Kazantsev and M. Roshchin). She also appeared in the plays "Life is Good", which received the Special Jury Prize Dramatic Theatre National Theatre Award "Golden Mask" in 2010; and "18th Hour".