Writing
Little Sonia's mother abandoned her family in the hope of a better life in America. The girl is surrounded by the love of her father and grandmother, but no one can replace her mother, whom she longs for. Sonia's father, disappointed in women after his wife's deed, does not share his daughter's enthusiasm, but in order to make her part with her dream, decides to make a small deception. Being a trucker, the girl's father finds himself in a third-rate cafe on the highway, where the rude and ugly barmaid Tamara works, and persuades her to live a little in his house and play the role of a future stepmother, so that Sonia forever lost the desire to find a new mother. Having settled Tamara at home, the father of the family goes on another voyage, hoping that on his return the problem will be solved. But it is not so easy to deprive the child of his dreams. Sonia decides that Tamara is simply bewitched, and if you remove the spell from her, she will turn into a kind and beautiful mother.
On the eve of his fortieth anniversary Sergei Makarov looks back at his life and learns that he has achieved nothing. He was not able to be happy and to bring happiness to the closest people in his life, neither to his long-suffering wife nor young mistress nor friends nor work... It is about the men who never grew up and could not find themselves in the time of stagnation – gifted, charming, but infantile and lost, they never were able to realize themselves...
A film adaptation of Valerian Pidmohylny's short story of the same name. The story of the complex relationship between the bourgeoisie and the proletariat during the Bolshevik coup.
Lionia is searching for a personal meaning in life. Meanwhile, others reproach him for being unmarried and having no money. One day, after returning to a riverside settlement, he witnesses motorboat owners rudely exploiting the local residents. He then sets out to ferry people across free of charge.
Stas, a successful businessman, has his favorite business, his own store, his friends, his wife - everything goes as it should. But one day, He gets on a train, where he is beaten, robbed, and thrown into a roadside ditch. Fortunately, he doesn‘t die, but ends up in the hospital. His wife Svetlana, sorting through her husband's things, unexpectedly finds pictures of a woman and a girl in a wheelchair. Sveta finds out that this is her husband's first family, from which he left before meeting her, not wanting to bring up a cripple. However, the young woman is not going to refresh her husband's memory - she hopes to establish a relationship with him, which recently gave a serious crack. Nevertheless, Stas feels that the truth is hidden from him... Having revealed all the secrets of his own past, having learned that he was beaten on the tip of a friend, our hero completely rethinks his life. All that remains is to make the right choice...
The story of a modern, cultured woman Penelope, who lives in Lviv and works in an archive. The life of Penelope is based on the usual routine: family - work. So everything is decent, polite and - unbearably boring. But one wonderful day everything changes. Young doctor of sciences Dmytro Ostromyrsky comes to the archive. A meeting of heroes leads to uncontrollable passion and crazy actions.
Soon after the father leaves for the front, the mother dies - and the children are left alone. And then fourteen-year-old Lyubasha takes care of her younger brothers and sisters.
