Russia is celebrating New Year again! This time, it’s 2012, probably, the last New Year in the history of mankind! And as it should be, Russia is celebrating even crazier!
This comedy is a mix of comic and heartfelt stories. Nastya the little girl is writing a letter to Santa Claus about how she wants to desperately meet with her farther, whom she never met before. Some teenagers are planning to ride the city in a bathtub, and an evil official is looking for another victim to spoil their New Year’s mood. And wealthy businessman Boris is trying to find the meaning of life, for which he would literally need to go through a total recall. And, as he always does, his best friend Zhenya will give him a hand with that task!
If you did something good, don’t expect you will receive good back – this is the truth of life. But if you hepled someone, and then someone unexpectedly helped you - is this just a coincidence? No, it’s not! It’s a boomerang of good, which the hero of the story sets in motion. It will fly through all the novellas and return to one person, who started all this, right then there seems to be no hope left!
From old to young, from aristocrats to peasants, in big cities and small villages, at grand celebrations, home parties and WWI front lines – everything was different. Apart from people. They had the same emotions and anxieties: awaiting Christmas with hopes and fears, with love and dreams, with happiness and joy!
It's 1914. Russia just entered a war with Germany, and the Orthodox Church suggested that Christmas trees be banned as belonging to the Protestant tradition. Several people living in different Russian cities and belonging to different social classes join forces to defend the beloved Christmas’ symbol.
From the creators of “Irony Of Fate 2”!
Russia celebrates New Year eleven times – more than any other country in the world. All these eleven hours, from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsk to Kaliningrad, different people become alike. Despite their different backgrounds, ages and financial possibilities they all dream about New Year’s miracle…
Cast: Ivan Ugrant, Sergey Svetlakov, Ver Brezhneva, Artur Smolyaninov, Alexander Golovin
Directed by Timur Bekmambetov, Alexander Voytinsky, Dmitry Kiselev, Yaroslav Chevazhevsky
Script: Timur Bekmambetov, Andrey Kureychik, Dmitry Aleynikov
Producer: Timur Bekmambetov