Stepan Azaryan

An almanac of three stories.

Every morning Sasha gets on a shuttle bus and commutes to Moscow for several hours where he works as a promoter in a banana costume at a fruit and vegetable shop. He is often late, so his employer has been threatening to fire him for a long time. In his thirty-seven, Sasha still lives with his mother, with whom he cannot find a common language. His ex-wife wants to deprive him of his parental rights and the opportunity to see his son, whom he has not seen for a long time. The overdue loans turn into serious threats from the collector. He seems to live and not feel what is going on around him. But will he be able to change something if his life is threatened?

Father Frost decides to quit his profession in order to live for himself in his old age. Having relinquished his powers, he leaves Veliky Ustyug for Moscow, goes on a rampage, finds new friends and falls in love for the first time. Attempts to bring the old man to his senses and return him to his normal life by his family - Mother Winter, Stuzha, Metelitsa and Buran - end in failure. This new stage of his life is recorded by a group of documentary filmmakers, and no one suspects what will happen when Father Frost loses his magical powers...

He is an actor who does not fit the role. After another failed casting, he decides to hang himself, but even here life makes its own adjustments.

He and She are at home. Evening. Music. Wine. Coziness. At first glance, this is an ideal relationship. So perfect that you involuntarily ask: "Is this real?"