Anja Kreis

Russia in 2000. The end of the post-Soviet era. The province of Ivanovo. The Mironovich family keeps a wake: their youngest son Andrej died in the war. His older brother Anton meets Andrej's last wish: He drives his motorcycle through the city at sunrise. Meanwhile, in love with Anton Vika is raped after the disco. Her mother commits a senseless murder at home. There are no guilty parties.

Poetic essay on contemporary economic and spiritual problems in Russia.

Ogurtsova, 55, lives with her mother and loves Russia with all her heart. Her decision to serve in the country's election unexpectedly leads to her mother's death.

Russia, Current day. Gynecologist Angela Kuhlmann finds herself in a very uncomfortable situation: she has to leave Moscow and start working within a province. The city is experiencing difficult times: because of the newly built highway to Moscow, it sinks into fornication and sin. Soon after Ms. Kuhlmann performs an illegal abortion - the patient claims to carry the Antichrist within her womb and takes the embryo home with her. From that moment on, a series of strange incidents begin to occur within her life.

Pauline, 17, suffers from sudden attacks of narcolepsy and is abused by her father. She is almost dead, emotionally and sexually, from these experiences. Pauline gets to know Ivan and tries to escape with him to a place that seems to resemble the ordinance of her attacks. But the attempt fails and ends in patricide.