Alisa Reyfer

David, a university professor, takes to social media to criticize his city’s administration. But instead of the mayor’s dodgy dealings being investigated, David is himself accused of embezzlement and placed under house arrest. Despite the overbearing surveillance, double-crossing acquaintances, and growing media interest, David remains defiant and will not apologise. With the court case drawing ever nearer, does David have any hope of winning this battle against Goliath?

The beginning of the XX century, St. Petersburg. After the death of their father, the young brother and sister, Yakov and Sophia, lose each other. To meet again, they will have to go through street gangs, the revolutionary underground, the intrigues of the political police and high society and find themselves in the center of a conspiracy aimed at the destruction of the Russian Empire.

An ordinary exam in literature suddenly turns into a clash of two life positions.

After the funeral of his young wife Asi, David tries to cope with the loss. The condolences of his friends and the reproachful words of her relatives do not seem to make any impression on him. Suddenly Asya appears on the threshold of the apartment. Her appearances are repeated over and over again until the boundaries of reality and dream for David are finally blurred.