Senya, the creator of the Lucy smart column, experiments with algorithms, discussing personal topics, family, and people around with Lucy, and tries to make her as human as possible. Lucy quickly becomes something much more than just a column - she turns out to be the only one to whom Senya can entrust her experiences, problems and reflections. Only she knows about all the problems that Senya's daughters faced at school, and only with her does he share his feelings about his relationship with his wife. A smart column helps a man to survive public humiliation in front of the whole family, find the son of the deputy who arranged this humiliation, and cope with the consequences of the irreparable act that Senya committed.

Lena is a bright, disabled girl who, after years spent studying at home, is keen to get back to school. She is assigned to a special class for disabled pupils who have to present themselves before a school commission at the end of the year in order to prove that they merit being moved back into a "normal" class. Her enervated teachers, however, show absolutely no desire to motivate the students and help them improve; on the contrary, they try to quash right from the start any interest Lena shows in more complex study material. Nevertheless, Lena soon involves herself in the school routine and gets together with classmate Anton. Yet their transparent happiness is not to everyone's liking and repercussions soon follow.

Young Oksana put Denis in a baby box when he was an infant. Sixteen years later she steals him away from a children’s home, intent on making amends for her neglect. Denis, however, has no idea of the heavy price to be paid for his mother’s favour: the fragile boy has one unusual quality which Oksana has no qualms about exploiting.

娜塔莉亚是一名修女，来自俄罗斯偏远地区的一家修道院。2002年10月，杜布罗夫卡剧院发生恐怖袭击事件，这次事件过去17年后，娜塔莉亚接受派遣，从修道院来到了莫斯科，为当时袭击事件中的受害者组织一场纪念晚会。人们很快得知，娜塔莉亚和她的家人都是这次袭击事件的目击者。如今，纪念晚会（他们将其正式命名为“会议”）的组织者和参与者几乎被外界遗忘，甚至被其他社会成员视为沉重的负担。数名参与纪念晚会的人员讲述了当时的情况，按照他们讲述的事件顺序，影片逐步展现了娜塔莉亚经历过的灰暗过往。

一个平凡的动物饲养员长了一条尾巴，就此改变了她的生活轨迹。