Lyudmila Bylinskaya

Once upon a time, 20 years ago, the rock band "Uncle Alik" rattled all over the country, and its leader, Alik, enjoyed his fame. Now no one remembers them, and the former celebrities work part-time at weddings, or in the club "Old Tram", or even just - in the underpass. But one day Alik meets his old acquaintance Misha, who offers to organize his concerts in America. Everything is fine, but there's only one trouble - Alik is divorced, and it is very hard to get a visa being unmarried. Misha suggests that Alik urgently find a wife. At the same time, a nice English teacher Lyalya is being interviewed by her friend's firm, which helps educated girls find prestigious jobs. Lyalya is good for absolutely everything, except one thing: she is not married...

It wasn't easy for Anna Timofeevna to leave the village and its people when her son, fearing for his mother's health, persuaded her to move to the city. Here, trying to help the family as much as she can, she waits for her beloved grandson to return from the army, but still feels herself an outsider.

Based on the short story of the same name by Yu.Nagibin. Anna Vasilyevna, outraged by her student Savushkin's constant tardiness and chronic lack of attention to the exact sciences, decides to visit his mother. They take the shortest route through the forest. The extraordinary beauty of the winter forest completely changes the teacher's mood, and she suddenly sees the surrounding reality and her student in a new light...