Gennadi Sidorov

A small village in the Russian campaign is inhabited only by few old women and a boy. When a family of refugees arrives they are at first opposed by the community, but eventually they'll be accepted and help revive the village.

Blending dramatic situations with a documentary-influenced visual style, Happy Birthday looks in at a typical day in a Russian maternity hospital. The patients range from a middle aged woman pleased if surprised by her current pregnancy to a Muslim woman whose marriage to a Russian has blighted her relationship with her family. No matter what their situations, the women draw strength and support from each other as they share their common experience.

A hospital nurse becomes an "international girl" — a prostitute who caters to foreigners with hard currency.

The plot of one of the brightest, mysterious and extraordinary works of the 30th years of the last century "The novel with cocaine" (the author M. Levi, a pseudonym M. Ageev) which has gained really world recognition is the basis for the script of the movie. Between heroes of the novel and movie almost century whether and a lot of things have changed during this time in human essence? This movie how shouldn't be. But from century to century repeats.

Lilya (Marina Zubanova) is an approaching-middle-age singleton who lives with and cares for her grandfather and works at a chicken factory. She is determined to get married soon, but hasn’t quite found the man for the job. Most of the story revolves around various failed dates, her conversations with coworkers and family members, and her innocent stalking of a talented local pianist.

To get rid of the racketeers waiting at the exit of the hotel, the prostitute cleverly puts on a show with dressing up and very successfully finds an escort...