Aleksandr Pechenin

Six various novels united in a one movie.

A woman who works as a warden in a prison secretly aspires to be a singer. When an inmate posts a video of her singing online, she becomes a sensation and her desire to follow her passion intensifies.

A story of love and betrayal which is going through Perestroika and modern times.

Two girls, who used to be in love with the same man, are starting to get texts and other mysterious messages after his death, and the only person, who could’ve possibly sent them, is him. The messages from the gone man send two rivals to the south of the country, when they have two unravel the mystery of their mutual loved one, understand themselves and deal with their own past.

The beginning of the Great Patriotic War. A newly formed company of penal soldiers is thrown into battle after a march. They must walk through a minefield to clear the way for the main combat forces. No one wants to die, but there is nowhere to retreat. Many years later, on the day of the Victory celebration, two veterans meet on the Khodynka Field during a parade rehearsal. Many years have passed, and both have changed a great deal, so they don’t recognize each other right away. The old men remember the one and only real battle with the enemy in their lives — the first one, bloody and brutal. This battle must not be forgotten. Back then, only two survivors remained from the entire penal company...

6 minutes, 23 seconds from life of an actor

Aleksey Temnikov is a renowned ballet dancer and an acknowledged genius whose career was abruptly cut short after sustaining an injury in the 1990s. Twenty years later, Aleksey discovers that his condition is degenerative and that he will soon lose the ability to walk. Aleksey sets out to choreograph a ballet he envisaged long before but never staged for fear of failure. “What will I leave behind after I am gone?” is a question Aleksey feels he must contend with. However, returning to the world of ballet will not be easy for a man who has made so many enemies over the course of his life.

A girl gets on the train and behaves strangely. A little later, her boyfriend joins her, they quarrel, but then he helps her remember what really happened between them.