A love story between a barber and a serf actress who find themselves in an environment that combines savagery with a veneer of enlightenment.

A drama based on the daily life of a hospital and its doctors.

An actress needs to dub her voice after the production of her movie has wrapped. At the same time, she is facing a life crisis that alters her plans: just released from the hospital, she realizes that her illness is more than she can emotionally handle. Overwhelmed, she has to look at the simple task of dubbing from a completely new perspective. This film had an attendance of 2.3 million in the Soviet Union when it was released.

События фильма происходят в провинциальном украинском городке. Главная героиня Александра, только что пережившая разрыв с любимым человеком, вынуждена зарабатывать частными музыкальными уроками. В её жизни появляется врач-стоматолог Фарятьев, чудаковатый и неловкий человек. Он объясняется Александре в любви. Родные Александры настаивают на том, что она должна выйти за него замуж, но она никак не может обрести душевное равновесие и решить как дальше жить.

Zina is sixteen. She is a manipulative schoolgirl living in a small Russian town among sincere and simple people. Zina is nice on the surface, but so unable to enjoy normal life, that she is desperately trying to hurt someone. She tries to seduce and compromise a handsome young man, but he is smart enough to see through her and escapes from her trap. Zina manipulates her classmates so she looks like a victim. Now Zina's teacher, Vera, a sweet and loving lady, takes care of her trying to save the troubled girl, but in return, Zina becomes extremely crafty to hurt the teacher. Written by Steve Shelokhonov.

Professor Sretenski is a scientist and director of a research center in Russia. He is separated from his wife and lives alone. His daughter, who lives with the mother, comes to his home and stays with him for a period, leaving her daughter with him. He raises his granddaughter, feeling a great affection for her. Meanwhile, a former disciple of Sretenski motivates him to study again his former research. This very slow Russian low budget movie is supported by magnificent interpretation of the cast and a fine and sensitive direction. The main idea is to show the love of Sretenski for the three women of his life: his wife, who left him to live with an accountant; his daughter, who had some sort of emotional problem and changed husband almost as much as she changed clothes; and his granddaughter, who was raised by him, creating a great emotional bond between them. His love for research is also touched, when his former student motivates him to come back to his former work. The major problem is, besides the language, the `jumps' in time, showing older characters and not situating the event in time. You see, for example, the baby granddaughter in one scene, and in the next one, she is a young woman without much information to the viewer. Therefore, you have to identify who is she in a birthday (or wedding) party and what is happening. It seems that the story would be much longer, and was cut in the edition. Anyway, it is a beautiful movie, indicated for sensitive viewers.