At a dusty crossroads in the USSR, villagers surrender their possessions - a horse, a samovar, a goat - to the state. The train which takes them away brings to the village a physically and mentally handicapped woman.
The story takes place in the second half of the eighties. The regime of power is tired, but any changes are out of sight. Some people are trying to find their asylum in their privacy, some ...
Monsters season - a teacher celebrates his 60th birthday at a rural summer house. Existentialism and philosophy is discussed among professors and students. A scary mystery play opens.
A story of a decision. There is a story. The protagonists - the writer and his wife - have to decide whether to keep a fourth child that is on the way. There is a hero or rather a heroine ...