The Hunting Ground

Mikhail Bogdanov-Berezovsky, the young head of the family looks to the future with confidence. He lives in a small provincial town in the Sverdlovsk region, where he is going to open his own business and takes loans for this. His wife does not have a soul in him, friends call him the Hero of our time. The film crew comes to the hero half a year later and sees a completely opposite picture. The story takes a new turn.

The musical follows events taking place at the Moscow International Film Festival, at the beginning of Perestroika. The plot focuses on Nikolay Vasiliev one of the many Interpreters hired to work at the festival by the imposing Margo Altshuller (who is in charge of all the interpreters). While working Nikolay meets and falls in love with a young and very attractive interpreter Marina Almazova. As hundreds of foreign guests arrive in Moscow, the KGB plots to discredit Hollywood star Richard Dirk. The KGB appoints Valya Kashina, to go undercover as a personal interpreter for Dirk. What follows is intrigue, romance, confusion and misunderstandings, all making for an unforgettable Moscow International Film Festival.