Sam, un enfant de sept ans qui vit avec sa mère depuis le divorce de ses parents, se retrouve dans l’obligation d’aller vivre avec son père, Gérôme, écrivain en panne d’inspiration. Il le connaît très peu, car il ne s’est quasiment jamais occupé de lui, sinon pendant les vacances. Tout le monde autour de Gerôme pense que c’est un homme incapable de s’occuper d’un enfant. Après un début chaotique, Sam, par la force de ses convictions, va aider Gérôme à acquérir plus de sagesse, de maturité et lui apprendre à être le père qui lui manque tant.

Ira is Russian. Ivan Tashkov, too. She is 23 years old, lives in Geneva with her mother and knows very little about her homeland. Tashkov is a supposed gangster of the Russian mafia, and is in jail waiting to be judged. Ira, who is searching for her roots and her own path in life, happens to be the interpreter of Tashkov's defense lawyer, and gets instantly captivated by of this powerful, cultured and manipulative man.

Since early childhood Peter has been obsessed with the world of puppets, but his greater obsession is with a real girl, Lisa. He crafts his perfect woman out of her. But Lisa isn't a docile marionette. She's a living human being and she rebels against her creator. Based on the critically-acclaimed, brilliant and poignant novel by one of the best contemporary Russian writers, Dina Rubina, "Petrushka Syndrome" is a multidimensional metaphor, where a sense of duality pervades everything. People and dolls, life and art, the Creator and the creation depend on one another. And where does one draw the line between them?

Following her divorce, Marina thinks that she’ll never meet love again. Little does she know that one day, she’ll find the love of her life in freediving, one of the most extreme sports in existence, built on diving as deep as possible on a single breath. In the vast, mysterious realm of the sea, Marina not only regains her sense of peace and well being, but also redefines her existence.