Oleg Kononov

An almanac of short feature films based on stories by Mikhail Mishin from the collection of short stories "Pause in a Major".

Day after day, routine, exhausting work, empty counters, worries, husband, mother-in-law, construction. It seems that there is another, better life somewhere.

An inconspicuous, modest accountant, Sulin often finds himself in half-funny, half-sad situations - he is often timid, afraid to cross at least someone. Until one day an incident helped him remember that he, too, was once decisive and brave.

The boy writes an essay at school in which he wants to be like his father - with mayonnaise, i.e. "MNS" (junior research fellow).