Timur Yamaleev

Our days. Curious schoolboy Senka finds himself in a fairy-tale forest, hidden from human eyes by the spell of Yaga. To cast the spell again, Yaga goes to a modern city in search of a magical wonderful color. In the city, Koshchei, who remained alive after the battle with Ivan Tsarevich, has been waiting for a meeting with Yaga for a thousand years. Koschei is hiding in a dark dungeon and wants revenge, because it was Yaga who helped defeat him. There will be a new battle of good and evil. The winner will be the one who will be supported by the schoolboy Senka, who until the last did not believe that he was in a fairy tale.

1993 - the story of one family suddenly turns out to be the history of the whole country. The relationship of painfully and inextricably linked husband and wife, emergency workers, and the growing up of their daughter against the backdrop of global change.

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...