A story of an actor named Oleg whose wife has been seduced by his neighbor. As he is thoroughly convinced of her infidelity, he would like to poison her. An old man named Prokhorov helps him to get rid of his wife by lecturing about famous deaths caused by poisoning. It is from Prokhorov we learn that many famous and not so famous like Cesare Borgia and Caligula were killed as they were poisoned.

A film about the backstage life of an ordinary Moscow bar, where relationships between the owner, the racketeer and the employees are pretty reminiscent of the ones in a family. However, unlike a family, they are connected by a mutual cause, the role in which are far from equal. Submission and humiliation weave through the characters' entire lives.

Russian paratroopers company meets superior forces of Chechen separatists during raid in mountains and accept uphill battle with no chance to survive.