Nikita Stashkevich

Young Nika, a daughter in a Yamal nomadic family, is about to start school for the first time. She’ll soon be taken to a boarding school, separating her from her family and homeland for an extended period. In preparation, a nomadic teacher guides her through the transition.

In Donetsk, in the terrible and destructive atmosphere of the war, the violin teacher Larisa is raising a children's quartet. Music lessons help children escape from the effects of total horror. larisa inspires children with her example of resilience and courage, desperately hiding her personal family tragedy. soon the quartet will fall apart and the children will disperse in different directions. before that, they will have their last joint performance in moscow, in which they will enter into far from their last battle with darkness, horror and death.

Tatiana Revina, who has brought up several generations of Olympic champions in cross-country skiing, has lost everything. She lives in a crumbling village house with her daughter and three grandchildren. Her grandson Mark wants to become a rapper and a blogger, and is disgusted with sports. Tatiana is trying to instill high benchmarks in him, but they see life way too differently. The summer is over soon, children will move to the city, leaving Tatiana alone, and will make a decision: how and why to live their lives.