Alisa Reyfer

David, a university professor, takes to social media to criticize his city’s administration. But instead of the mayor’s dodgy dealings being investigated, David is himself accused of embezzlement and placed under house arrest. Despite the overbearing surveillance, double-crossing acquaintances, and growing media interest, David remains defiant and will not apologise. With the court case drawing ever nearer, does David have any hope of winning this battle against Goliath?

After the funeral of his young wife Asi, David tries to cope with the loss. The condolences of his friends and the reproachful words of her relatives do not seem to make any impression on him. Suddenly Asya appears on the threshold of the apartment. Her appearances are repeated over and over again until the boundaries of reality and dream for David are finally blurred.

An ordinary exam in literature suddenly turns into a clash of two life positions.

Anisia and Aksinia are twin sisters from the remote Russian village of Meshchera, living according to early 20th-century traditions that value the power of the Knower, a spiritual guardian. During the ritual to elect a new Knower, the choice suddenly falls on the less ambitious but more docile Aksinia, who clearly will make a less powerful sorceress. Anisia, initially a contender for the position, harbors a grudge. Pride consumes her, so she adopts the skills of the evil village witches to steal her sister's powers. This betrayal leads to a curse falling on the two sisters and the entire village. Anisia must come to terms with her pride and resentment to defeat the evil within herself and save the village. In this endeavor, she is assisted by the priest Father Sergiy, who restores Anisia's faith in God.