The action takes place in Siberia where a mysterious wall appears from time to time. Scientists are dispatched to study it and some of them believe that the wall is produced by some sort of alien intelligence, "the Martians", as they call them. The scientists attempt to communicate with the Wall, but all they experience in return are hallucinations about their past experiences. In those visions they are faced with some unresolved issues, repressed memories, and absurd dream-like situations. They meet people – messengers – from their past who reveal to them some simple truths about their own lives, which may be hard to accept, so they dismiss those messengers as the Martians and stubbornly continue attempting to "understand" the Mysterious Wall using their rational minds.

The film shows the daily life of an architecture studio, where a young student comes to work on his dissertation.

In this exquisite Russian adaptation of "Beauty and the Beast," a merchant with three daughters sets out for overseas and promises to return with presents. The youngest and most beautiful, Alyoria, asks for a scarlet flower she dreamed about, in the realm of a forest beast. When the merchant finds the flower, he winds up the beast's captive# with his daughter rushing to his rescue.