Sergey Bondarchuk

The story of the Podolsk cadets’ heroic stand outside Moscow in October 1941. Cadets were sent to the Ilyinsky line, fighting alongside units from the Soviet 43rd Army to hold back the German advance until reinforcements arrived. Hopelessly outnumbered, young men laid down their lives in a battle lasting almost two weeks to obstruct the far superior German forces advancing towards Moscow. Around 3,500 cadets and their commanding officers were sent to hold up the last line of defense outside Moscow. Most of them remained there for eternity.

The basis of the picture is not only the storylines of the heroes, but also the principle of continuous action of actors with the audience. Each of the five different short stories leads to the fact that for the decision: to maintain relationships or destroy them? This choice has to be made by the viewer himself.

The film is about a day in the life of Elizaveta Petrovna Glinka, also known as Doctor Liza. Moscow, 2012. The Glinka family prepares for a celebration: thirty years together. The closest friends are invited for dinner, the sons have arrived. Of course, Liza has freed up this day for her family. There’s just a trifle: to stop by the Fund and see the weekly patients at the Paveletsky Station. But the days of Doctor Liza are always full of surprises… In a hospital in a Moscow suburb a five-year-old girl is dying. The duty doctor has to discharge Eva. Due to medical formalities the child, who suffers from cancer, is left without painkillers. In utter despair, the girl’s father turns to Liza for help. When Liza cannot find a way to help the child within the system, she decides on a desperate act…

The story of three Russian Olympic champions. Ordinary people, who have become the pride of their family and country, and made history of world sports.

The Moscow idler Nikita (27) spends his days at home, watching the news and cursing the country; he is certain that the country is to blame for his unemployment. He lets a room in his Moscow apartment to the girl Sara, who has come from Tel Aviv to earn money. One day Sara tells him that she is going back to Israel.

The story of three guys from Chelyabinsk who decided to Rob a local grocery store. During the attack, everything goes awry: an unknown creature appears in the back room of a merchant's shop...

The film tells the dramatic story of two brothers, professional MMA athletes. This is a picture about duty and life values shown through the prism of the lives of brothers and their father – strong and proud people, a film about family, about the insults that we carry for decades, about the pain that we sometimes thoughtlessly inflict, and about forgiveness, which should always have a place in our hearts.

When a beautiful new student, Angelina Aistova joins Liosha Agafonov's group at college, he feels an instant attraction to her. However, after several unsuccessful attempts at catching her attention, he decides the best way forward is to arrange a small collision with their cars. As a result Liosha finds himself at Angelina's house reporting the 'accident' to her father. Very soon Liosha realises that he has fallen in love with the daughter of an oligarch - Angelina's father is a business magnate but whose company has been suffering because of a long-standing feud with an old rival. In order to somehow hush up the car accident, Liosha is hired as a gardener at the Aistovs' house. In his line of duties he is required to make a number of visits to a florist's shop where he befriends Katia the sales girl.

Sergei leads the ordinary life of an ordinary family man with a small business, but through a fatal combination of circumstances he becomes the target of killers. His last words seem to suggest an unexpected recognition, after which he is ready to carry out the lethal shot. Apparently we all have something to confess before death, and sometimes it is more difficult to live with it than die.

Sometimes distance, career and work separate people forever. But it only last a moment for truly close people. It may happen that a cute fluffy amulet will bring the people together and make some of them show humor, nobility, loyalty and mutual help, while others will be just funny, silly and dangerous... After going through separation, a series of obstacles, tests and temptations, the magic of love must win!

A short film by Ivan Dobronravov, shot for the Action charity evening.

A band of determined Russian soldiers fight to hold a strategic building in their devastated city against a ruthless German army, and in the process become deeply connected to a Russian woman who has been living there.

On the eve of Women's Day, wives receive an SMS with a ransom amount for their husbands, who have gone away to vigorously celebrate their friendship. Having gone through all the events of last night in the lives of their faithful, the wives learn that the guys are in the hands of a crime boss and they are in mortal danger.

Vadim Artyukhov, deputy mayor of the provincial town of Karatovsk, is used to solving everyone's problems. He's exhausted: everyone constantly wants something from him, and he has no time to consider what he wants. Artyukhov faces a difficult choice: continue his usual career as a civil servant, maintaining his relationship with his wife, who could eventually lead him to the mayoral post, or take a risk and start a completely different life, one he's long been afraid to even dream of, but one that the progressive and highly honest scientist Slivyankina is pushing him toward. His own mistakes and the need to make honest decisions become his most difficult test. Putting off the decision becomes impossible: the sudden threat of a universal apocalypse arises. Local astronomer Udodov records an object hurtling toward Earth. The authorities secretly build a bunker, and Artyukhov struggles to save the townspeople and finally decide what kind of person he wants to be.

The story of a bike messenger and a failed artist who has lived for years trapped in his own darkness. After the death of his beloved grandmother, he embarks on a journey through his fears and memories to rediscover meaning in life and help another lost person emerge from the shadows.

Autumn 1929. Lina, from the noble Golitsyn family, arrives on a date with her husband Georgy Osorgin, who is serving a prison sentence in the Solovetsky special purpose camp. Lina does not know that after she leaves the island, her husband will be shot. Osorgin received a terrible sentence after he, a deeply religious man, secretly brought holy gifts to the dying Archimandrite so that he could take communion before his death. The camp authorities took the Russian officer's word of honor from Osorgin not to tell his wife anything about his predetermined fate. Only on this condition did they agree to temporarily release him from the punishment cell for his last meeting with Lina. The spouses spend the precious three days allotted to them and feel happy in the most inappropriate circumstances. Osorgin says goodbye to Lina on the pier. When the ship becomes a dot on the horizon, the guards escort George back to the punishment cell, where he carefully dresses for his final journey.

Nastya lands her first major role in a Moscow theatre, where she’s hailed as a rising star. Yet, behind the scenes, she struggles, living in a dorm, friendless, and at times unable to afford food. As she pours herself into her role, she has little time to visit her dying father. Nastya must confront a difficult question: is her dream of the theatre worth sacrificing her personal life?

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