Movies: Aleksander Shpilko

A story of a simple, naive Russian man Konek and the people around him: his love and her sister and a mysterious man. The film is set in 1957, time of changes, time of waiting for something big to happen....

A brother who has flown in from America meets up with his semi-homeless sister to wish their grandmother a happy birthday. They make their way to her apartment and watch what is happening from inside the closet......

Young Chechnya war veteran alienates himself from his friends and family because of his burned face. When he has to help find his war-time friend, he manages to get back to life again....