Alexey, still a young man, found himself in an extremely difficult situation. He must devote most of his time to his mother, who is almost completely paralyzed after a stroke. His situation is aggravated by the fact that his mother, once an actress in a small provincial theater, no longer sees the point of living.
The ordinary life of an ordinary person, summed up in seven days and two quatrains. What happens if you go with the flow until the very end? Obviously, nothing particularly interesting—but it could make for an fascinating obituary film.
Anya, a visually impaired girl with albinism, challenges prejudices by taking on the role of a cinematographer for a documentary film.
Rock paintings and photographs in our albums come from one source: death. But when does a memory become an image? How does memory work, and what is more real: a fact or our perception?
This story tells us about a 30 years old guy who still lives with his mother. Their relations are quite tough but she feels so lonely that she just can’t let him go. He suffers a lot but one day he gets the job offer on the North...
An ordinary exam in literature suddenly turns into a clash of two life positions.
Chronicle of the life of shift workers in a mining pit in Eastern Siberia. Workers spend a significant part of their lives away from home and loved ones, doing physical labor for 12 hours a day for the only decent income in their region.
The film explores man's desire for spiritual elevation and unity with the divine against the backdrop of the influence of modernity and digitalization on the traditional monastic way of life.
One day in the life of two brothers whose different views on life suddenly faced with each other in a battle for the truth.
Ordinary girl Sonia works as a nurse in the psychiatric ward of the hospital and dreams of becoming a doctor. She treats patients well and her boss - the head of the department. But everything changes when the manager trusts Sonia "responsible job".
The Filippov family live in the north of Russia, far from civilisation. Despite the lack of modern conveniences, they live in harmony with nature, create art, support and understand each other like no other people in this world.
Venus Transit is a rare astronomical phenomenon, when Venus obscures the edge of the solar disk, and almost seems to touch the Sun. She meets Him to leave for a new life.
1942, a remote village in the rear. Sixteen-year-old Semka decides to volunteer for the partisans. Irina seeks to keep her son by force. However, the only one she can turn to for help is her nephew, a policeman. The movie is based on the story of the same name by Vasil Bykov.
Sold-out stadiums, the roar of the fans, oceans of alcohol and easy-going friends... isn't that the life of a rock 'n' roller? But what's left when your friends abandon you, the fans find new idols and you find a court summons on a murder charge in your mailbox? This film tells the story of the life of the drummer for the cult Soviet band Zoopark.
Asya is a successful police officer who deals with juvenile cases. The measured rhythm of her life is disrupted when, after many years, her flighty, eternally young 50-year-old mother Nadya suddenly reappears. She tries to restore her relationship with her daughter, but warm memories are quickly replaced by old grievances. Nadya has not changed…
After the funeral of his young wife Asi, David tries to cope with the loss. The condolences of his friends and the reproachful words of her relatives do not seem to make any impression on him. Suddenly Asya appears on the threshold of the apartment. Her appearances are repeated over and over again until the boundaries of reality and dream for David are finally blurred.
Ironically, a killer with experience and a faint-hearted student find themselves in the same apartment where the triple murder had just happened. Heroes are firmly linked by ridiculous circumstances, and now they have only time, which is too short to deal with each other and, more importantly, in themselves...
Max is unemployed and dreams of becoming a musician. His neighbour, the elderly Viktor, is blind. Representatives of different generations and cultures, they nonetheless provide each other with a way of escaping their loneliness: Max needs a father figure, while Viktor needs a son.
When we lose a loved one, each of us experiences a complex mixture of feelings and memories that must be resolved. Especially if the deceased was of great importance in our lives and had a complex character. A documentary essay about a personal attitude to the tragedy, based on the use of family chronicles and the dreams of the author.
During the Soviet-Afghan War, in the days when general secretary of the Communist Party Leonid Breznev, in a military hospital a young lieutenant wounded almost to death meets a young military nurse, tired almost to death. One meeting. One night. One candle. A short from Vladimir Koptsev, Alexander Sokurov’s pupil.
