Natalya Fomenko

In 1920s Moscow, shortly after the October Revolution, a stray dog named Sharik is taken in by Professor Preobrazhensky, a wealthy and respected surgeon. The professor performs a daring medical experiment on the dog that changes him into a human being. As the newly transformed Sharikov begins to navigate life in the professor’s apartment, his crude behavior and revolutionary ideas turn the household upside down.

A woman living a difficult life suddenly finds love.

The divorce proceedings of the aging Medvedev couple, handled by Tatyana Mikhailovna Somova, make her reflect on her own loneliness, her conflict with her grown-up children, and her separation from her husband.

The life story of two fellow villagers in the period 1920–50s.