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An aged actor, after canceling his last performance, decides to die by applying Stanislavsky’s system and providing catharsis for a random fellow traveler.
Martha, at the age of eight, leads a life full of childish worries. The only relative nearby is the grandfather, who needs supervision more than the granddaughter. In order not to end up in an orphanage, Martha hides the truth from a teacher, a district police officer and a glamorous neighbor and asks a loser actor to pretend to be her father. Kazan relatives come to the rescue in the person of adventurer Marat. Only in the plans of the arrogant boy, not caring about the girl, but her Moscow apartments.
Journalist Shurik arrives in the Caucasus in order to study local culture and folklore, the ancient customs and traditions of the people in this region. Per chance he meets and befriends a girl in a mountainous town, the beauty Nina, which the gouvernor, wealthy and powerful local Saakhov, is planning to marry — if not willingly then by force. Using the gullible journalist as a strawman, Saakhov and his henchmen (the "Coward", the "Fool", and the "Pro", a trio of comic antiheros) are able to kidnap Nina, all seems to work according to plan. But realizing that he had been deceived, Shurik, who fell for Nina, rushes to rescue his beloved one, for a happy ending.
Fate decides to test the strength of Ludmilla. Luda is left with the children homeless. Close people show their true colors: mother in law will not let her under her roof, and the girlfriend refuses to give her shelter. Can Lyudmila overcome her difficulties and start a new life?
Russian adaptation of the sitcom "The King of Queens".
The main characters of the series are step-siblings Vadim and Angela. Years ago, Vadim’s mother and Angela’s father left their families and started living together. Recently, they sold their summer house in an elite Moscow suburb and moved to New Zealand, leaving their central Moscow apartment to Vadim and Angela. Angela returns from Germany, where she lived in a civil partnership, to meet Vadim at the notary’s office. They agree to sell the apartment, split the money, and part ways — but legal issues prevent the sale. Forced to live together, their differences quickly surface: Vadim is tidy and methodical; Angela is impulsive and chaotic. Each brings their own friends and lifestyle into the mix, adding to the tension. Conflicts are inevitable. Will it all end in disaster — or love? After all, there’s just one step from hate to love...
Adult comedy about Russian saunas and the traditions, habits and jokes connected to them.
