A Portrait Of A Stranger

Act of Nature

A day from the life of the Muscovite Yuri, who is stuck in a remote, northern village. he should have been back in the city for a long time, and yet he wanders through sad, deserted, autumnal fields and forests. his wife and his best friend force him to return to his usual life. But it seems that Yuri is comprehending something very important. he abandons those he loves and remains one to one with nature. But the world of nature plays by its own rules.

Taxist

GRU intelligence lieutenant colonel Ilya Orlov, nicknamed "Monk", interrupted his military career after 15 years of service and... went to a monastery. However, he soon realized that non-resistance to evil was not for him and returned to worldly life, taking a job as a taxi driver.

Merchants and Children

There's No Hurry

Every year, 25,000 people die on Russian roads. You could say a whole city is disappearing from our planet. And about a third of its "residents" were involved in an accident due to speeding. Many drivers do not consider acceleration even at 30 km / h a violation, but statistics show that they are wrong. Five different stories combined in movie almanacs will make every viewer, at least, think about the right choice of speed. Both on the road and in life.

Killing Power

Experiment 5ive

An anthology of five films of five minutes each by five well-known Russian directors, inspired and financed by the chewing gum company Wrigley.

Dark Water

Strange and scary things start to happen after three young people spend a night on abandoned ship.

Great Poetry

“Great Poetry” is about two guys who live on the outskirts of Moscow and work as cash collectors. They’re young, lonely, and all they have in the world is each other. They spend their lives moving money for other people. They attend a poetry class at the local cultural center and watch cockfights at a dorm for migrant workers. Their attempts at finding poetry in the prosaic world around lead them to the conclusion that the only poetic move they can make is to rob a bank. The film isn’t about words or rhymes. It’s about friendship and betrayal, and about our vicious and alien world in which anyone who tries to be honest and consistent ends up looking naïve and cruel. It’s about the everpresent and incomprehensible force that — in spite of everything — makes our life so frantic, strange, and lonely

One Love in a Million

A young couple - Anna and Mityai suddenly find a case with one million counterfeited dollars.

Guys from Mars

Black comedy about the routine of a large corporation, producing chocolate bars. The claustrophobic office space and its dwellers are part of a funny and grotesque picture. The main character, young man from the marketing department, tries to find his stolen car with the help of militia and head of a local gang. He confronts a chaotic life of a small provincial town outside his office, trying to guess its laws. As a result, he fails to fulfill the task of his American boss, and finds his Ford painted and rebuilt as a street-racer's car. Of course, his personal life also changes...

On Exhalation

Two years have passed since Sasha left the orphanage. It is difficult for her to adapt socially, she perceives the world as a hostile environment. Since childhood, the girl has been used to defending her right to life and solving problems through fights – she spends all her free time in the basement hall in the ring for fights without rules. Despite the fighting nature and hobbies, deep down Sasha dreams of exactly the opposite: not to cripple people, but to treat them. But there is no money for studying at a medical school, and they do not take people to a hospital without an education. Fate brings her together with a disabled teenager Kolya, whose mother is torn between her son, work at a fish factory and a policeman boyfriend, and tries to find a nurse for her son. This meeting radically changes the lives of all the heroes.

Самая лёгкая лодка в мире

A feature film based on the novella by Yuri Koval, recounting a whimsical and humorous journey aboard a homemade boat through the Vologda region. The picture consists of two parallel storylines. The first follows the adventures of the novella’s protagonist, whose absurd escapade unexpectedly transforms into a mystical experience amidst the rivers, marshes, and villages of the countryside. The second centers on a theatrical production based on Koval’s book — staged by a group of students — which reveals the backstory: how the book’s hero came to yearn to break free from Moscow and retreat far away from everyone — including his friends — deep into the heart of nature.

Raw Tooth

Twelve-year-old Anya discovers a mysterious stranger in her secret hideout after another quarrel with her mother. A stranger who has settled in an abandoned house next door reveals to the girl a fantastic world that was hidden in the routine of summer cottage life. However, not everyone is ready to understand her friendship with an adult man, who obviously has something to hide. Anya is also shocked and disappointed when it turns out that she is not the only one — the mysterious stranger also communicates with her friend Amaranta, also gives her gifts and tells stories. They are angry at him and at each other. The stranger is both their main secret and a bone of contention.

Revelations

When the investigation comes to a dead end, a private detective Leaf (Kirill Pirogov) comes to the rescue. His method is an interrogation disguised as a sincere conversation or a casual conversation between two" accidentally " strangers who happened to be nearby. The leaf does not press. It does not threaten. It is not covered by the law. He prefers a confidential tone, and for meetings he mainly uses the most ordinary spaces: apartments, offices, corridors, car salons; any places where it is more convenient for a person to speak. Leaf is a chameleon who can present himself as anyone: a former TV presenter who has sunk to the bottom, a labor teacher, a clown, a trolleybus driver, a groom from whom the bride ran away...