Yuliya Vitruk

The film takes place in the late 90s. The main character undertakes to organize a competition for young musicians. Who should become the winner of the competition, decided in advance. The performances are attended by unknown musicians representing a variety of musical genres and trends. They have different views on both life and music. Of course, the competition does not go as planned.

Moscou, 1902. Le célèbre metteur en scène Konstantin Stanislavsky, à la recherche d'inspiration pour mettre en scène une nouvelle pièce, décide de se familiariser avec la vie de la ville « du bas ». Il se tourne vers Vladimir Gilyarovsky, un expert reconnu des bidonvilles de Moscou, pour obtenir de l'aide. Ensemble, ils se rendent chez le légendaire bandit Khitrovka et se retrouvent mêlés à l'enquête sur le meurtre...

In 1942, Red Army officer Nikolai Kiselyov receives orders to evacuate over 200 Jewish women, children, and elderly men facing brutality and death in Nazi-occupied Belarus. These exhausted, starving, terrified and bereaved people, deeply scarred by the horrors they have witnessed, must trek hundreds of kilometers along forest paths to regain hope of survival and faith in the future.