Workshop

Military doctor General Klenski is arrested in Stalin's Russia in 1953 during an anti-Semitic political campaign accused of being a participant in so-called "doctors' plot".

The thirst for a miracle lives in every person. The hero of the film, Fedor, witnesses an accident, as a result of which people close to him die. He decides that he was not saved by chance and now must change his life. Fedor is trying to live the way Orthodox hermits lived, tormenting himself with prayers and fasts. In this new world, he finds a guide - Father Hilarion. The hermit finally has hope that he will soon become an eyewitness of Revelation. But Father Hilarion is being killed absurdly and senselessly. Having experienced deep despair, Fedor will return to the people, experience love and jealousy, hatred and fear. And only when he reaches the edge - having decided to kill - will he become a witness of a miracle...

The main character of our film is Ilyas Sharbuzov, an intensivist from Dagestan, and his family. Ilyas is a perfectionist, and if an emergency occurs, he always tries to be at the epicenter to help. Ilyas's wife, Aminat, worked in the intensive care unit, so she tries to be understanding of her husband's work. His young daughters have also become accustomed to their father's work schedule. But everything changes for Ilyas and his family when he is sent on a mission to a military hospital in a war zone.

When you are eleven years old, it seems that anything can happen to you. Especially when your grandmother comes to visit you, who knows how to do magic. You can even learn magic yourself, and then your life will become like a dream: sometimes scary, sometimes intoxicating, then completely unlike anything else. But in order to find a talent in yourself, or save a friend, or just make sure that at least someone really loves you, then you have to try yourself. And no magic will help here.

This is the story of the famous first film workshop set up by the filmmaker Alexei German in 1988. The studio debutants are now well-known masters. They share their memories about their teacher who helped them throughout the work process. The core of the film is the story told by Sergei Karandashov, a graduate of Alexei German’s workshop and the author of the project Workshop. The author's version of the film.

The realities of Russian reality frighten and do not suit many, therefore, various kinds of teachings that offer a "way out" are becoming more and more popular. A film about voluntary outcasts trying to live by other laws. The events of the film unfold in the village of Petropavlovka, Krasnoyarsk Territory. People of different professions and social status gathered here, united by the desire to gain vitality, to create their own morality and their own values.