During the main withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan, a company of hardened paratroopers under the command of Major Bandura are joined by Steklov, the son of a high-ranking officer.

An Afghan war veteran reluctantly agrees to lead a caravan smuggling drugs and guns across the desert after his estranged son is abducted.

During the post-WW2 reconstruction in Russia, bald-headed technocrat Drozhdov equates communism with the empowerment of the ordinary man over the arrogant "specialness" of genius. Dedicated scientist Lopatkin takes refuge in Moscow with the potty, brilliant old inventor Busko. Lopatkin works tirelessly on his invention, embarking on a roller-coaster of rejection and acceptance, his work vilified, plucked apart and plagiarized by colleagues, particularly by his nemesis Drozhdov. Drozhdov's wife Natasha, alienated from her cold, controlling husband, is increasingly drawn to Lopatkin, whom she knew when they both taught at the same school. Soon she runs away from her husband and happily keeps house for the two absent-minded ex-professors Lopatkin and Busko. Natasha is ready to give Lopatkin her own life, love and faith. Lopatkin is eager to sacrifice his life for the idea, doing the utmost for his motherland.

Once George was a famous boxer. He had no equal either in Russia or Europe, but because of the intrigues of his competitors, he had to interrupt his sports career at the “peak” and emigrate to the USA. He vowed never to return to his homeland ... But the vow was broken. The reason was the serious illness of the coach, who was once the closest person for him. 10 years ago, they were divorced by a major quarrel. Returning to St. Petersburg, George also meets his long-standing enemy, who is now connected with the near-sport criminal business. George will have to unravel the complex "criminal tangle", take part in the fate of a young boxer and, having met with his mother, fall in love again ...

The name of Alexander Rosenbaum, inseparably linked with Leningrad–Petersburg, is among the most renowned in Russia. His persona has become a symbol of our great, tragic, and transformative era. Poet and singer Alexander Rosenbaum is a true child of Leningrad. To him, Leningrad is, above all, the old city, the old buildings, the old courtyards. Childhood has long since passed, yet his songs still often carry a gentle sorrow for the old courtyards of Leningrad. He frequently returns to the past of his beloved city...