Dmitri Motornyy

Four love stories connected by newsreels of the late 60s. Each short story begins with an epigraph taken from the Song of Songs of the Old Testament. The stories are interconnected by documentary shots and numerous interviews taken on the streets from passers-by who are asked the same question: “what does it mean to love?”.

A story about a boy walking across the town following sun.

An older couple have four children who left them long ago. Tired of waiting for letters which never arrive, the father takes a trip to see how the children are doing.

The lover of nurse Inna Sorokina must go on a long business trip abroad. The heroine, experiencing a severe mental crisis, goes to a sanatorium, hoping to make a serious acquaintance there and get rid of the impending loneliness. A holiday romance with Adam (Vadim) does not lead to the desired marriage, but helps the heroine find inner freedom.

Once a famous singer Valentin Ozernikov, returning from another tour, thinks about his fast flowing life and tried to formulate his criteria for figs further existence.

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Pilot Losev, who lost his family during the war, learns that his daughter Aurika was saved during the bombing, and sets off in search of her. The former pilot will survive many fates and stories before a familiar chorus of a lullaby helps him to recognize his daughter in a random fellow traveler.

Grishka Hamuraru, the grandson of the underground fighter Samson Hamuraru, who is still unjustly considered a traitor in the Moldovan village of Vioreni for having led a partisan group to ruin during the war, decides to conduct his own investigation and restore his grandfather's good name.

Archaeologists have found on the island of Eagle remnants of slave shackles. On the expedition, rumors of an old legend spread about the figure of Achilles, who sometimes appeared on the local rock, and who was helping the sailors to find a safe fairway in bad weather. The expedition after a long search finds nothing and moves out, but the leader decides to stay. And after a while, he discovers a mysterious state created by runaway slaves...

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A graduate of a technical university starts working in the supply department of a large factory. Enthusiastic, the hero doesn't get bored; instead, he successfully implements the latest advancements in electronic computing technology into the factory's operations.

During the lunch break, the construction girls invite the pianist Marina to their roof. They talk about their dreams, about happiness. Marina will have her first concert soon. When she returned to her room and sat down at the piano, passersby stopped outside her window to listen to music.