Viktoriya Varley

Ursus is a story of three outcasts—Georgian unemployed film director, Ukrainian ex-stuntman and a Canadian female fighter for the wild animals' rights—making their desperate journey from Tbilisi, the capital of ex-Soviet Georgia plunged into a civil war, to Berlin at the beginning of 1992. Each of the three characters pursues their own goal without even knowing how much their fates are intertwined.

At the heart of the plot is the life of a newly formed police unit. The head of the division, Georgy Mamiyashvili, is a Georgian with an inimitable sense of humor, who, accused of corruption, put all his friends and relatives behind bars. Mamiyashvili’s young subordinates, having broken away from their measured daily routine, find themselves swept up in a whirlwind of comedic adventures. They face intricate cases, fugitive criminals, traffic accidents, robbers, and bribe-taking priests… Now their motto is: “New law — new order.”

Russia 2017. The world could be on the verge of a great war. People are anxious that things could fall apart. Evolving around an unfinished building, a diverse group of outsiders struggle to find their place in this rapidly changing society, making up the mosaic of existence that is life itself…

At the heart of the plot is the life of a newly formed police unit. The head of the division, Georgy Mamiyashvili, is a Georgian with an inimitable sense of humor, who, accused of corruption, put all his friends and relatives behind bars. Mamiyashvili’s young subordinates, having broken away from their measured daily routine, find themselves swept up in a whirlwind of comedic adventures. They face intricate cases, fugitive criminals, traffic accidents, robbers, and bribe-taking priests… Now their motto is: “New law — new order.”