Vladislav Radimov

A story about the Zenit football club and its century-long history: interviews with veterans and current players, former and current managers, cult fans, historians, musicians, theater and film actors, and many others.

In 2008 Zenit turned into a European top club. The blue-white-blue not only won the UEFA Cup and the UEFA Super Cup, but also beat Bayern and Manchester United en route to the trophy. Andrey Arshavin, Anatoly Timoshchuk, Pavel Pogrebnyak, Zenit fan Mikhail Shats and others will tell you everything about the formation of that team, head coach Dick Advocaat and the hardest path to victories that have gone down in the history of Russian sports forever.

Winter. A city on the eve of New Year’s. Storefronts decorated for the holidays. New Year’s Eve approaches. We all start to rush, trying to catch up on everything we’ve postponed throughout the year. And just then, at the publishing house where the main character works, a well-known plastic surgeon brings in his ‘masterpiece.’ One story among many — where the characters can’t change everything overnight. And yet, a ruined New Year’s Eve often turns out surprisingly well.