The action unfolds in our days, in the small Volga town of Kalinov, where nothing has changed since the days of Alexander Ostrovsky’s classical play: if any rays of light do appear in the dark empire, then they are doomed to perish quietly in the general absurdity and ignorance, or shine brightly as a token of protest against lie and tyranny. The young, married girl Katerina Kabanova leads a happy life — at first sight. Only her mother-in-law Kabanikha constantly nags her and does not allow her to take things easy. Her weak-willed husband Tikhon loves his wife, but he always sides with his powerful mother. When Katerina unexpectedly falls in love with Boris, the young relative of the town’s mayor, she finds that he also has tender feelings for her…
Mitya accidentally proposed to his girlfriend. The problem is that Mitya is already married to Vasya, who refuses to grant him a divorce. Can Mitya and his friends convince Vasya to change her mind?
Danya Belykh is the captain of the women's football team that is about to close. The lack of finances, the illness of the coach, the transfer of a part of the team’s players to other clubs, forces Dan to seek help from his childhood friends with whom they played football while still in school. Now, having gathered the “old team”, the girls must play 5 decisive games in order to fulfill their old dream and become champions - not only in football, but also in life.
Boris escapes from his Austrian bride to the North Caucasus, where he becomes a music teacher for local girl Nina. She tries to delay her wedding and Boris in order to help her kidnaps Nina according to the local custom.
The youngest son of an alcoholic former boxer returns home, where he's trained by his father for competition in a mixed martial arts tournament – a path that puts the fighter on a collision course with his estranged, older brother.
Seventeen-year-old Shirley is a good student who works as a babysitter in order to make money for college. One night Michael, a father Shirley works for, confesses he's unhappy with married life. Shirley has a crush on Michael, and seizes this moment to kiss him. Michael is so happy he presents Shirley with a big tip, which gives her an idea. Shirley plans to make extra money by setting up her teenage friends with other unhappy fathers.
Traces the Beats from Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac's meeting in 1944 at Columbia University to the deaths of Ginsberg and William S. Burroughs in 1997. Three actors provide dramatic interpretations of the work of these three writers, and the film chronicles their friendships, their arrival into American consciousness, their travels, frequent parodies, Kerouac's death, and Ginsberg's politicization. Their movement connects with bebop, John Cage's music, abstract expressionism, and living theater. In recent interviews, Ginsberg, Burroughs, Kesey, Ferlinghetti, Mailer, Jerry Garcia, Tom Hayden, Gary Snyder, Ed Sanders, and others measure the Beats' meaning and impact.
The plot tells about the most dramatic chess match in the history of this sport. The game took place in 1978 in the Philippine city of Baguio: played for three months. This match, which got on the pages of textbooks, was replete with incredible collisions. In addition to his rival, Karpov at that time had to face the loss of his relatives, the betrayal of his comrades-in-arms, the intrigues of the CIA and pressure from party functionaries.