Ibragim Ismailov

Petersburg. A Selfie comprises seven novellas about the beautiful city of St. Petersburg, Russia, shot by female directors. The film tells a story of a real, living and breathing city, rather than a mythical phantasm. Each novella tells its own story about love and loneliness, luck and hope.

An evening dress, a St. Petersburg attic, summer, alcohol, and a chance encounter with a handsome guy – what else do you need to have a wonderful evening? The main thing is that it shouldn’t be the last one. Margot is only twenty‑three, but she already has a great plan: to come to St. Petersburg and jump off the roof before life itself throws some kind of trouble at her. After all, it’s better to go out young, healthy, and drunk, without waiting for World War III, the depletion of the world’s oil reserves, or a brick falling from the roof at the whim of a treacherous fate. However, fate seems to have something entirely different in store for her. Life, just as Margo feared, is indeed full of surprises, and not all of them are terrible.

A thief named "Wolf", who could not be caught, decides to start a new life. Having got a plumber, he repairs a leak in the apartment, which is committed robbery. Wolfy and the owner of the apartment are held hostage by two criminals on the one hand, and the capture group on the other. Operation on neutralization of criminals is directed by the captain of militia — the sworn enemy of the former thief. The captain believes that the attack on the apartment antiquarian — the handiwork of the Top. From this moment, in the life of the Wolf burst events that do not dream even in the most terrible dream…

In the center of the plot is a senior investigator named Masha Shvetsova and her male colleagues. The plot is the most vital, but, like in “Streets of Broken Lanterns,” it is seasoned with a fair amount of humor - otherwise, how can the audience (and the heroes) endure countless morgues, identifications and other “cute” charms of the investigative routine?