Valeri Naumov

An almanac of short feature films based on stories by Mikhail Mishin from the collection of short stories "Pause in a Major".

A young artist named Victor arrives in the village to decorate the local club for the New Year. The club owner, Mishka, takes his guest to the house where he will be staying. Victor and the owner's daughter, Tatyana, develop feelings for each other, which Mishka, who is madly in love with the girl, senses.

Upset after a failed audition actor "vote a ride" driven by a pretty young woman. Suddenly they become hostages of the bandits seeking to get out of the city with the cargo received at the airport…

On the eve of the 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, collective farmers gather at the village club and speak candidly about their difficult lives. The meeting begins, and these same people are transformed into "levers of the party."

That provincial time flows differently and allows you to see differently, to look at the world more closely.